German-English translation for "Heimlichkeit"

"Heimlichkeit" English translation

Heimlichkeit
Femininum | feminine f <Heimlichkeit; Heimlichkeiten>

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secrecy secret furtiveness, stealthiness, surreptitiousness underhandedness silence
  • secrecy
    Heimlichkeit <nurSingular | singular sg>
    Heimlichkeit <nurSingular | singular sg>
examples
  • in aller Heimlichkeit <nurSingular | singular sg>
    with great secrecy
    in aller Heimlichkeit <nurSingular | singular sg>
  • secret
    Heimlichkeit Geheimnis
    Heimlichkeit Geheimnis
examples
  • furtiveness, stealth(iness), surreptitiousness
    Heimlichkeit Verstohlenheit <nurSingular | singular sg>
    Heimlichkeit Verstohlenheit <nurSingular | singular sg>
  • underhandedness
    Heimlichkeit Intriganz <nurSingular | singular sg>
    Heimlichkeit Intriganz <nurSingular | singular sg>
  • silence
    Heimlichkeit Stille <nurSingular | singular sg>
    Heimlichkeit Stille <nurSingular | singular sg>
She can never keep a secret.
Sie kann eine Heimlichkeit nie für sich behalten.
Source: Tatoeba
Indeed he is throwing a very unusual veil of secrecy over what is going on.
Er wirft nämlich einen ungewöhnlichen Schleier der Heimlichkeit über das, was vor sich geht.
Source: Europarl
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