confounding

kɒnˈfaʊndɪŋ
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Translation of confounding into German,

Adjective

1.

puzzling

causing confusion or surprise
  • The magician's confounding trick left the audience in awe..Der verwirrende Trick des Magiers ließ das Publikum staunen
2.

psychology

contradicting expectations or assumptions
  • Her confounding behavior left everyone speechless.Ihr verwirrendes Verhalten ließ alle sprachlos zurück.

Noun

1.

general

act of making things unclear or mixed up
Verwirrung fVerunklarung Durcheinander Durcheinanderbringen
  • The confounding of facts led to misunderstandings.Die Verwirrung von Fakten führte zu Missverständnissen.
2.

epidemiology

TECH.
process where a third factor distorts a relationship
TECH.
Verzerrung fConfounding Confounding-Effekt Störfaktor
  • Confounding can affect the results of medical studies.Verzerrung kann die Ergebnisse medizinischer Studien beeinflussen.
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Synonyms and analogies of confounding in English

Examples of confounding in a sentence

  • The confounding puzzle took hours to solve.
  • His confounding actions puzzled the psychologists.
  • The confounding results challenged the initial hypothesis.
  • The confounding of variables made the study’s conclusions unreliable.
  • The confounding of witness accounts complicated the investigation.
  • We adjusted for confounding from age and smoking in the diet study.
confound
ˈkɒnfaʊnd
Verb
tr.
1.

confusion

perplex or puzzle someone
  • The magician's trick confounded the audience.Der Trick des Magiers verblüffte das Publikum.
2.

mix-up

fail to see the difference between things
  • He confounded the twins' names again.Er verwechselte wieder die Namen der Zwillinge.
3.

competition

defeat or frustrate an opponent
  • The team confounded their rivals in the final match.Das Team besiegte ihre Rivalen im Endspiel.
4.

language

DatedUK
use as a mild curse
DatedUK
verfluchen verwünschen
  • Confound it! I lost my keys again.Verflixt! Ich habe schon wieder meine Schlüssel verloren.

Expressions with confound: examples in English and translations in German

verflixt
zum Kuckuck
Confound it, I didn't expect to see you here!

Translations of "confounding" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
verwirrendadj.

And all always found it so confounding that he ended up with you.

Und alle fanden es immer so verwirrend, dass er bei dir gelandet ist.

Noun
dieVerwechslungnf.

Since money, as the existing and active concept of value, confounds and confuses all things, it is the general confounding and confusing of all things - the world upside-down - the confounding and confusing of all natural and human qualities.

Da das Geld als der existierende und sich betätigende Begriff des Wertes alle Dinge verwechselt, vertauscht, so ist es die allgemeine Verwechslung und Vertauschung aller Dinge, also die verkehrte Welt, die Verwechslung und Vertauschung aller natürlichen und menschlichen Qualitäten.

dasVerwechselnnn.

We should be wary of confounding indifference or couldn't-care-less attitudes with tolerance.

Und wir dürfen Gleichgültigkeit oder Indifferenz nicht mit Toleranz verwechseln.

Verb
verwechselnv.

We should be wary of confounding indifference or couldn't-care-less attitudes with tolerance.

Und wir dürfen Gleichgültigkeit oder Indifferenz nicht mit Toleranz verwechseln.

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Other translations for confounding:

  • verwirrende
  • verwirrenden

confounding: Examples and translations in context

Well, the lady last night so resembled her, it was confounding.

Nun, die Dame letzte Nacht ähnelte ihr so sehr, dass es verwirrend war.

That may be confounding to members who feel certain that shops or items that they have flagged are breaking the rules.

Das mag für Mitglieder verwirrend sein, wenn sie glauben, dass gewisse Shops oder Artikel die Regeln brechen.

It's confounding because normally when I'm faced with a problem all I have to do is focus on the variables.

Es ist verwirrend, denn eigentlich, wenn ich mit einem Problem konfrontiert werde, muss ich mich nur auf die Variablen konzentrieren.

So your decision to support your soldier who's refused to pay a legitimate debt is confounding.

Daher ist es verwirrend dass Sie Ihren Mann unterstützen, der seine Spielschulden nicht bezahlen will.

The best that can be said for any of them is that they implicate confounding by infection as the cause of positive results, but they are worthless to identify the specific confounder.

Das Beste, das für einigen von ihnen gesagt werden kann, ist, dass sie 'verwirrend mit Infektion' als die Ursache von positiven Ergebnissen einbeziehen, aber sie wertlos sind, um den spezifischen confounder zu identifizieren.

There are some numbers in this report that are so confounding that they should be read over and over again

Einige Zahlen in diesem Bericht sind so verwirrend, dass man sie immer wieder lesen muss

Your turn of phrase is most confounding.

Ihre Aussage ist höchst verwirrend.

That being said, let's now see, how we can implement this self-esteem into a child's life - without confounding it by pushing its self-confidence instead.

Lassen Sie uns nun sehen, wie wir dieses Selbstgefühl ganz praktisch in das Leben eines Kindes implementieren können - ohne dies mit der Stärkung seines Selbstvertrauens zu verwechseln.

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