English-German translation for "feign"

"feign" German translation

feign
[fein]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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vortäuschen, vorgeben, vorheucheln, simulieren fingieren, frei erfinden, erdichten nachahmen,-äffen
examples
  • fingieren, frei erfinden, erdichten
    feign statement, storyet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc; invent
    feign statement, storyet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc; invent
  • nachahmen,-äffen
    feign imitate
    feign imitate
feign
[fein]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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simulieren, heucheln, sich verstellen
Woher weißt du, dass der Patient die Krankheit nicht simuliert?
How do you know that the patient is not feigning illness?
Source: Tatoeba
Der Kreml versteht es sehr gut, einen derartigen Idealismus vorzutäuschen.
The Kremlin is very good at feigning such idealism.
Source: News-Commentary
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