pretend
derNounvorgeben; so tun als ob
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Nichtswisser ist eine Person, die vorgibt, nichts zu wissen oder sich dumm stellt, oft um Verantwortung zu vermeiden oder sich vor unangenehmen Aufgaben zu drücken.
- English meaning
- A know-nothing is a person who pretends to know nothing or acts dumb, often to avoid responsibility or shirk unpleasant tasks.
- Synonym
- Ignorant, Unwissender
- German example
- Er gab den Nichtswisser, um nicht beim Umzug helfen zu müssen.
- English example
- He played the know-nothing to avoid helping with the move.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Nichtswisser
- Plural Form
- die Nichtswisser
Related words
- vorgeben
pretend
- Wichtigtuer
pretender
- Poseur
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.
- tigern
To tiger means to move or behave like a tiger, often in a playful or metaphorical sense.
- vorspielen
to pretend
- Frauenversteher
A 'Frauenversteher' is a person, usually a man, who claims or gives the impression of understanding women and their needs particularly well.
- tumb
dumb, simple
- vortäuschen
to feign, to pretend
- vorgeben
to pretend
- Frömmler
Sanctimonious person
- heucheln
To feign, to pretend, to dissemble
- vormachen
to pretend, to feign, to deceive
- 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Nottun is an outdated word for 'pretending to be necessary' or 'feigning'.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.
Example sentences with “pretend”
Don't pretend you didn't know. (Tu nicht so, als ob du es nicht gewusst hättest.)
Frequently asked questions
How to translate 'pretend'?
Use 'vorgeben' or the idiom 'so tun, als ob'.