English-German translation for "taboo"

"taboo" German translation

taboo
[təˈbuː; tæ-]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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  • geächtet, ausgestoßen
    taboo outcast
    taboo outcast
taboo
[təˈbuː; tæ-]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Tabuneuter | Neutrum n
    taboo
    taboo
  • Verbotneuter | Neutrum n
    taboo
    taboo
  • Ächtungfeminine | Femininum f
    taboo
    taboo
  • Achtfeminine | Femininum f
    taboo
    taboo
  • priesterliche Heiligsprechungor | oder od Verfluchung bei den Polynesiern
    taboo
    taboo
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  • to putsomething | etwas sth under taboo
    something | etwasetwas für tabu erklären
    to putsomething | etwas sth under taboo
taboo
[təˈbuː; tæ-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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Tatsächlich ist auch vieles, was unter dem Vorsitzenden Mao geschah, noch immer tabu.
Indeed, much of what happened under Chairman Mao remains taboo.
Source: News-Commentary
Unsere führenden Politiker allerdings betrachten diese Themen als Tabu.
Yet our leaders consider these subjects taboo.
Source: News-Commentary
Herr Barnier, Sie haben eben gesagt, es darf keine Tabus geben.
You have just said, Mr Barnier, that there must be no taboos.
Source: Europarl
Wir müssen mit dem Tabu brechen.
We must break the taboo.
Source: Europarl
Eine grundlegende Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik sollte nicht länger ein Tabu bleiben.
Fundamental reform of the Common Agricultural Policy should not remain a taboo.
Source: News-Commentary
Jetzt ist endlich das Tabu, das bisher eine Debatte verhinderte, gebrochen.
Now, at last, the taboo that prevented debate has been broken.
Source: News-Commentary
Aber es stehen ja Wahlen bevor, und infolgedessen ist das mit P beginnende Wort tabu.
But with the elections just around the corner, the P-word has become taboo.
Source: Europarl
Bislang war dies gewissermaßen ein Tabuthema.
Hitherto, this has been somewhat taboo up to a certain point.
Source: Europarl
Merkwürdigerweise ist das einzige Tabuthema in dieser Diskussion das Bevölkerungswachstum.
Curiously, the one taboo area in this discussion is population.
Source: News-Commentary
Obwohl Homosexualität noch immer ein Tabu ist, scheinen Homosexuelle dort sicher zu sein.
Although homosexuality remains taboo, gays seem safe.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Themen, mit denen sich Esther-Karins Gedichte befassen, umfassen Tabu-Themen wie Sexualität.
The themes of Esther-Karin s poems ’ include taboo subjects such as sexuality.
Source: GlobalVoices
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