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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)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.