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Note: Often confused with "effect".
Affect
"Affect" in German
Affekt
(psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
beeinflussen
(to influence or alter)
bewegen
(to move to emotion)
fingieren
(to make a false display of)
gernhaben
(to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)
leiden können
(to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)
mögen
(to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)
rühren
(to move to emotion)
vorgaukeln
(to make a false display of)
vortäuschen
(to make a false display of)
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