mummery

ˈmʌməri
mummeries
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Translation of mummery from English into German

Noun

1.

insincere ceremony

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ridiculous or showy ceremony lacking sincerity
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Maskerade fMummenschanz m
  • The event was dismissed as mere mummery by the critics.Die Veranstaltung wurde von den Kritikern als bloße Maskerade abgetan.
2.

historical performance

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theatrical performance with costumes and masks
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Maskerade fMummenschanz m
  • The village hosted a traditional mummery during the festival.Das Dorf veranstaltete während des Festivals eine traditionelle Maskerade.
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Synonyms and analogies of mummery in English

Examples of mummery in a sentence

  • His speech was dismissed as empty mummery.
  • The mummery entertained the crowd with its colorful costumes.
  • Children were delighted by the lively mummery at the fair.

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

Noun
derMummenschanznm.

A mummery is a ridiculous, hypocritical, or pretentious ceremony or performance.

Ein Mummenschanz ist eine "lächerliche oder scheinheilige Zeremonie oder Aufführung".

Is this ugly mummery our nation's fate?

Ist dieser widerliche Mummenschanz das künftige Schicksal unseres Volkes?

Mummerei

"What profane mummery is this?" said the Prior.

Was ist dies für eine profane Mummerei? sagte der Prior.

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Other translations for mummery:

  • Maskeradenf.

mummery: Examples and translations in context

What is this but "mummery"?

Ist das etwa kein „Mummenschanz"??

It includes His unflinching portrayal of how the unconverted ego makes religion (and life altogether) into a meaningless mummery.

Dazu gehört auch Seine ungeschönte Darstellung, wie das Ego die Religion (und das gesamte Leben) in einen bedeutungslosen Mummenschanz verwandelt.

Indeed, the only elections in China in which truly independent voters choose candidates occur at the village committee level, but this democratic mummery is staged mainly for the benefit of outside observers.

Eigentlich kommen die einzigen Wahlen in China, in denen wahrlich unabhängige Wähler ihre Kandidaten wählen, nur auf Dorfebene vor. Doch der demokratische Mummenschanz wird hauptsächlich für Beobachter von außen aufgeführt.

What mummery is this? said Cedric; think you that we are ignorant whose prisoners we are, when we are in the castle of your master?

Was soll dies Mummerei? sagte Cedric. Denkt ihr, wir wissen nicht, wessen Gefangene wir sind, wenn wir uns in diesem Schlosse befinden?

For a rinascimento of Hellenic culture, nothing less would be necessary than the rebirth of the Hellenes; all else is mummery.

Zu einer Wiedergeburt hellenischer Kultur würde nichts weniger gehören als die Wiedergeburt der Hellenen; alles Andere ist Mummenschanz.

And so they print in bold type a "refutation": "Nothing but downright slander", "mystification", "mummery" (Two Conferences, pp. 30, 31, 33).

Und nun wird in Fettschrift eine „Widerlegung" veröffentlicht: „unverhüllte Verleumdung" (Zwei Konferenzen, S.), „Mystifikation" (31), „Mummenschanz" (33).

When the procession arrived at the great funeral pyre, had the Mummery of a sudden an end.

Als die Prozession beim großen Scheiterhaufen angekommen war, hatte der Mummenschanz mit einem Mal ein Ende.

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