Which two English verbs are given as equivalents for 'gestehen, beichten'?

• A. to confess = to admit
• B. to deny
• C. to apologise = to forgive
• D. to ignore

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing how to express admitting or revealing something in English. Gestehen and beichten both carry the sense of acknowledging something that was hidden or denied, often guilt or wrongdoing. The pair that best captures this is “to confess” and “to admit.” Confessing emphasizes openly revealing something, usually to others, and admitting covers acknowledging a fact or error in a straightforward way. That makes “to confess = to admit” the most natural equivalence for these German verbs. The other choices don’t fit because “deny” is the opposite of admitting, “apologise” and “forgive” relate to apology and forgiveness rather than acknowledgment, and “ignore” has no bearing on admitting or confessing. For example, “Ich gestehe, dass ich gelogen habe” naturally becomes “I confess that I lied” or “I admit that I lied.”