false modesty

fɔːls ˈmɑːdəsti
false modesties
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Translation of false modesty into German

Noun

insincere humility

pretending to be humble to gain praise
  • Her false modesty was obvious when she downplayed her success.Ihre falsche Bescheidenheit war offensichtlich, als sie ihren Erfolg herunterspielte.
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Examples of false modesty in a sentence

  • She used false modesty to gain sympathy from her peers.

Translations of "false modesty" in Context ordered by category and frequency

falsche Bescheidenheit

Know that humility is not false modesty.

Sei dir bewußt, daß Demut keine falsche Bescheidenheit ist.

falsche Scheu

Only no false modesty, the ladies help.

Nur keine falsche Scheu, die Damen helfen dabei.

gespielte Bescheidenheit

In conversations, false modesty can undermine genuine praise from others.

In Gesprächen kann gespielte Bescheidenheit aufrichtigen Lob von anderen untergraben.

falsche Scham

There's nothing worse than false modesty.

Falsche Scham ist zu verachten.

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false modesty: Examples and translations in context

I have absolutely no time for false modesty.

Ich habe keine Zeit für falsche Bescheidenheit.

Talk about yourself frankly and honestly but without false modesty.

Seien Sie aufrichtig und ehrlich, aber vermeiden Sie falsche Bescheidenheit.

This is no time for false modesty.

Das ist nicht der Platz für falsche Bescheidenheit.

Our chic minimalism in contrary can make us poor, our false modesty leads to depression.

Unser schicker Minimalismus kann zur Armut werden, unsere falsche Bescheidenheit zur Depression.

There is no place for false modesty.

Falsche Bescheidenheit ist fehl am Platz.

With utter transparency and no false modesty.

Vollkommen transparent und ohne falsche Bescheidenheit.

I tried to put that down as false modesty.

Und das führte ich auf falsche Bescheidenheit zurück.

For every venture we need strategies for success and strategies for false modesty.

Wir brauchen bei jedem Unterfangen Strategien für Erfolg und Strategien gegen falsche Bescheidenheit.

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