Debatte [v] (die ~), Erörterung [v] (die ~), Wortstreit [m] (der ~), Aussprache [v] (die ~) {zn.}
Er nahm an der Debatte teil.
He participated in the debate.
Hast du der parlamentarischen Debatte zugehört?
Did you listen to the Parliamentary debate?
Disput [m] (der ~), Streit [m] (der ~), Wortwechsel [m] (der ~), Zank [m] (der ~), Disputation [v] (die ~), Wortgefecht [o] (das ~), Wortstreit [m] (der ~) {zn.} quarrel
argument
dispute
altercation
scrap
row
disagreement
controversy
Der Streit erhitzte sich.
The argument became heated.
Zu einem Streit gehören zwei.
It takes two to make a quarrel.