angeblich

Related words

• Allheilmittel

  A panacea is a substance or method that is claimed to cure all diseases, which is not scientifically sustainable.

• Magier

  Magician

• Präkognition

  Precognition is the supposed ability to foresee future events.

• Gedankenübertragung

  Telepathy

• vermeintlich

  Alleged

• Zeitungsente

  Newspaper hoax

• Regenmacher

  rainmaker

• Doppelspiel

  Double game, double-dealing

• Männergrippe

  Man flu

• Kristallkugel

  Crystal ball

• fabuliert

  To fantasize, to make up stories

• flüchtlingsfrei

  Refugee-free (controversial term)

• ostensibel

  ostensible

• Kryptozoologie

  Cryptozoology

• Schwabenstreich

  A 'Schwabenstreich' is a mocking term for a foolish or clumsy act, supposedly typical of the inhabitants of Swabia.

• Bananenbieger

  EU bureaucrat (derogatory)

• mutmaßlich

  Alleged

• denunzieren

  To denounce means to report someone to an authority, often for base motives such as revenge or self-interest.

• sogenannt

  so-called

• vorgeblich

  Purported means seemingly, allegedly, or only for show.

• putativ

  Putative

• Hexe

  Witch

• Hexer

  Wizard, sorcerer

• Numerologie

  Numerology

• Hellseherei

  Clairvoyance

• Schönheitsschlaf

  Beauty sleep is the sleep that is supposedly beneficial for one's appearance.

• Panazee

  Panacea

• Phlogistontheorie

  phlogiston theory

• Weissager

  Soothsayer

• Umvolkung

  Demographic change (often used in a pejorative way)

• Päpstin

  The Popess is a legendary female pope who supposedly reigned in the Middle Ages disguised as a man.

• Volkstod

  Demographic decline (controversial term)

• Gedankenlesen

  Mind reading

• Pharmalobby

  The pharmaceutical lobby is an interest group that tries to influence politics in the interests of the pharmaceutical industry.

Example sentences with “angeblich”

1. Er ist angeblich krank. (He is supposedly sick.)

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