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German idioms with “mockery”
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Mockery: English Idioms and Expressions in German
A single word in English may often have more than one German translation. The reason is usually because the one English word really has several meanings in English. For example, the word “mockery” can refer to a situation or condition that is inadequate, futile, derisive, impudent, or absurd. Take a look...
mockery
a mockery eine (einzige) Farce
His trial was a mockery of justice.
Sein Verfahren war eine einzige Farce.
be a mockery (to do something) absurd/grotesk/lächerlich, zu...
It would be a mockery to give him the money now.
Es wäre absurd, ihm das Geld jetzt zu geben.
to be a mockery of justice der Gerechtigkeit (dat.) Hohn sprechen
The trial was a mockery of justice.
Das Verfahren sprach der Gerechtigkeit Hohn.
make a mockery of something etwas zur Farce machen, etwas lächerlich machen
mockery (mocking of someone) der Spott, der Hohn (Hohn und Spott = scorn)
mockery (object of) das Gespött
What a mockery! Das ist der reinste Hohn!
Examples auf Deutsch
German-English (D/E) examples with “mockery”
D: Wann wird ein Gerichtsverfahren zur Farce?
E: When does a trial become a mockery?
D: Die Demokratie verkommt zur Farce.
E: Democracy degenerates into a mockery.
D: FAUST: Mein Liebchen, wer darf sagen:
Ich glaub an Gott!
Magst Priester oder Weise fragen,
Und ihre Antwort scheint nur Spott
Über den Frager zu sein.
E: FAUST: My darling, who can (really) say:
I believe in God!
You may ask priests or wise men,
And their answer seems but a mockery
Of the questioner to be.
Goethe: Faust I - Die Gretchenfrage
D: Die Stiftung ist empört über die Art der Verfahren, die jeder Rechtsstaatlichkeit Hohn sprechen. Es handelte sich um klassische politische Schauprozesse.
E: The foundation is outraged over the kind of trials that make a mockery of any rule of law. It was a matter of classic political show trials.
D: Das führte zu einer Vielzahl von nationalen und ethnischen Konflikten, die der klassischen Definition des Krieges Hohn sprechen.
E: That led to a plethora of national and ethnic conflicts, that make a mockery of the classic definition of war.
D: Unter dem Vorwand des internationalen Kampfs gegen den Terror sind darüber hinaus zahlreiche Restriktionen hinzugefügt und hingenommen worden, die den Regeln freier ungehinderter Berichterstattung Hohn sprechen.
E: Under the pretense of the international war on terrorism numerous restrictions have been added and accepted that make a mockery of free, unhindered reporting.
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