feigned

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Translation of feigned into German

Adjective

false

not real or genuine, often pretending
  • She gave a feigned smile to hide her anger.Sie zeigte ein geheucheltes Lächeln, um ihre Wut zu verbergen.
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Synonyms and analogies of feigned in English

adj.pretendedsimulatedMore synonyms

Examples of feigned in a sentence

  • The feigned surprise on her face didn't fool anyone.
feign
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Verb
tr.

role play

give false appearance, often to trick others
  • He feigned illness to avoid school.Er hat eine Krankheit vorgetäuscht, um nicht zur Schule zu müssen.

Expressions with feign: examples in English and translations in German

sich unwissend stellen
Unwissenheit vortäuschen
She feigned ignorance when asked about the missing files.

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

Adjective / Participle
vorgetäuschtadj.

There is no neutrality; it could only be feigned.

Es gibt keine Neutralität, die könnte nur vorgetäuscht sein.

gespieltadj./pp.

It is only feigned and serves for the purpose of profit.

Sie ist nur gespielt und dient dem Zwecke des Profites.

geheucheltadj.

1 69 times, you feigned interest when a woman was talking about her career.

169 Mal haben Sie Interesse geheuchelt, als eine Frau von ihrer Karriere sprach.

fingierteadj.

Inquiries about his health were responded to either by silence or by an expression of annoyance, real or feigned...

Anfragen über seinen Gesundheitszustand wurden beantwortet entweder durch Schweigen oder durch ein Ausdruck der Verärgerung, reale oder fingierte...

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Other translations for feigned:

  • scheinbaradj.
  • scheinadj.
  • simuliertadj.

feigned: Examples and translations in context

Perhaps they have framed us at previous meetings and feigned a soul.

Vielleicht haben sie uns bei früheren Begegnungen reingelegt und eine Seele vorgetäuscht.

Your love was a curse, an affect you feigned.

Deine Liebe war ein Fluch, eine Emotion, die du vorgetäuscht hast.

I think he feigned the insanity that sent him away.

Ich denke, er hat die Unzurechnungsfähigkeit vorgetäuscht.

Our love cannot be feigned, faked, or fickle!

Unsere Liebe darf nicht vorgetäuscht, geheuchelt oder wankelmütig sein!

You feigned your death for nothing.

Du hast deinen Tod vergebens vorgetäuscht.

Moreover - they can hide these feelings behind a mask of indifference, or even feigned bragging.

Darüber hinaus - können sie diese Gefühle hinter einer Maske der Gleichgültigkeit oder sogar vorgetäuscht Prahlerei verstecken.

You feigned ignorance and expressed your disproval all the while you let her off.

Du hast Unwissen vorgetäuscht, sie nur gerügt und davonkommen lassen.

She used the stratagem of feigned ignorance to gather more information from her opponents.

Sie nutzte die List der gespielten Unwissenheit, um mehr Informationen von ihren Gegnern zu sammeln.

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