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German Word of the Day

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die Vorspiegelung (-en)  pretense, false claim

Seine ständige Vorspiegelung, dass alles in Ordnung sei... Mir reichts schon.
His constant pretense that everything is OK... I've had enough of that.

Related: die Spiegelung reflection; mirage, vorspiegeln to make a false claim, act under false pretenses, die Darmspiegelung colonoscopy (med., also die Koloskopie), die Magenspiegelung gastroscopy (med.)

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