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Detailed Translations for pretence from English to German

pretence:

pretence [the ~] noun, British

  1. the pretence (illusion; pretext; guise; pretense)
    die Illusion
  2. the pretence (sham; pretense)
    die Fassade; der Anschein
  3. the pretence (sham; pretense)
    die Vortäuschung; die Vorschützung
  4. the pretence (affectation; artificiality; circumvention; )
    die Verlogenheit; die Ziererei; die Unnatürlichkeit; die Preziosität; die Geschraubtheit; die Affektiertheit; die Geziertheit

Translation Matrix for pretence:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Affektiertheit affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Anschein pretence; pretense; sham farce; make-believe; sham
Fassade pretence; pretense; sham extent of front; face; farce; façade; fore-part; front; front side; front view; frontage; frontal view; frontline; housefront; make-believe; sham
Geschraubtheit affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Geziertheit affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness artificiality; mannerism
Illusion guise; illusion; pretence; pretense; pretext bogey; chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; ghost; illusion; imaginair bogey; imagination; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; phantom; pipe dream; specter; spectre; wrong notion
Preziosität affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness
Unnatürlichkeit affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness deceit; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; spuriousness; unnaturalness
Verlogenheit affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness deceit; falseness; falsity; illegitimacy; mendacity; spuriousness; untruthfulness
Vorschützung pretence; pretense; sham
Vortäuschung pretence; pretense; sham
Ziererei affectation; affectedness; artificiality; circumvention; far-fetchedness; mendacity; pretence; pretense; sneakiness; untruthfulness affectation; pose; put on; swank
- dissembling; feigning; guise; make-believe; pretending; pretense; pretension; pretext; simulation

Synonyms for "pretence":


Related Definitions for "pretence":

  1. the act of giving a false appearance1
  2. an artful or simulated semblance1
  3. a false or unsupportable quality1
  4. imaginative intellectual play1
  5. pretending with intention to deceive1

Wiktionary Translations for pretence:


Cross Translation:
FromToVia
pretence Hohn; Spott; Spotten; Spottwort simulacre — (religion) (term, surtout au pluriel) image, statue, idole, représentation de fausses divinités.