pretend
derNounEnglish translations
- 01
feign
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Frauenversteher ist eine Person, meist ein Mann, der behauptet oder den Eindruck erweckt, Frauen und ihre Bedürfnisse besonders gut zu verstehen.
- English meaning
- A 'Frauenversteher' is a person, usually a man, who claims or gives the impression of understanding women and their needs particularly well.
- German example
- Er gab sich als Frauenversteher aus, aber in Wahrheit verstand er wenig von ihren Gefühlen.
- English example
- He pretended to be a 'Frauenversteher', but in truth, he understood little about their feelings.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Frauenversteher
- Plural Form
- die Frauenversteher
Related words
- vorgeben
pretend
- Poseur
pretender
- Wichtigtuer
pretender
- Poseur
Poseur
- Poser
"Poser" refers to a person who tries to impress others by pretending to be something they are not, often lacking genuine knowledge or experience.
- heucheln
To feign, to pretend, to dissemble
- vorgeben
to pretend
- vorspielen
to pretend
- Frömmler
Sanctimonious person
- tumb
dumb, simple
- Nichtswisser
A know-nothing is a person who pretends to know nothing or acts dumb, often to avoid responsibility or shirk unpleasant tasks.
- nottun
Nottun is an outdated word for 'pretending to be necessary' or 'feigning'. It means to pretend or to act as if you are doing something that you are not really doing.
- vortäuschen
to feign, to pretend
- tigern
To tiger means to move or behave like a tiger, often in a playful or metaphorical sense.
- vormachen
to pretend, to feign, to deceive