angeblich
German translations
- 01
German meaning: beschreibt etwas, das behauptet wird, aber dessen Wahrheit nicht bewiesen ist English meaning: allegedly Synonym: vermeintlich, mutmaßlich German example: Der Täter war angeblich ein Bekannter des Opfers. English example: The perpetrator was allegedly an acquaintance of the victim. Type: Adjective:
- 02
allegedly
- 03
reportedly
- 04
professedly
- 05
reputedly
- 06
putativ
Word details
- German meaning
- Fabuliert bedeutet, Geschichten zu erfinden oder fantastisch zu erzählen, oft übertrieben oder unrealistisch.
- English meaning
- To fantasize, to make up stories
- Synonym
- erzählt, fantasiert
- German example
- Er fabulierte von seinen angeblichen Heldentaten.
- English example
- He fantasized about his alleged heroic deeds.
Related words
- Numerologie
Numerology
- Hellseherei
Clairvoyance
- Präkognition
Precognition is the supposed ability to foresee future events.
- Gedankenübertragung
Telepathy
- Weissager
Soothsayer
- Bananenbieger
EU bureaucrat (derogatory)
- denunzieren
To denounce means to report someone to an authority, often for base motives such as revenge or self-interest.
- Hexer
Wizard, sorcerer
- vorgeblich
Purported means seemingly, allegedly, or only for show.
- putativ
Putative
- Magier
Magician
- Schönheitsschlaf
Beauty sleep is the sleep that is supposedly beneficial for one's appearance.
- Phlogistontheorie
phlogiston theory
- 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)
- Regenmacher
rainmaker
- Gedankenlesen
Mind reading
- vermeintlich
Alleged
- Hexe
Witch
- ostensibel
ostensible
- Kryptozoologie
Cryptozoology
- Kristallkugel
Crystal ball
- Zeitungsente
Newspaper hoax
- Panazee
Panacea
- Schwabenstreich
A 'Schwabenstreich' is a mocking term for a foolish or clumsy act, supposedly typical of the inhabitants of Swabia.
- Doppelspiel
Double game, double-dealing
- Männergrippe
Man flu
- Pharmalobby
The pharmaceutical lobby is an interest group that tries to influence politics in the interests of the pharmaceutical industry.
- flüchtlingsfrei
Refugee-free (controversial term)
- Allheilmittel
A panacea is a substance or method that is claimed to cure all diseases, which is not scientifically sustainable.
- mutmaßlich
Alleged
- sogenannt
so-called