vortäuschen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- dissemble verb To disguise or conceal something.
- fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
- feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
- perform verb To carry out an action or task.
- pretend verb To act as if something is true or real when it isn't, in order to deceive or as part of play.
- pretense noun A false show or claim put on to create a misleading impression; the American spelling of "pretence".
Senses
vortäuschen is used for these senses in English:
- affect (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
- dissemble (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- fake (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- fake (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- feign To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- perform (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
- pretend (intransitive, or, with 'that' clause, or, 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. [from 14th c.]
- pretend (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
affect — full definition
- verb To influence or make a difference to something.
- verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.
dissemble — full definition
- verb To disguise or conceal something.
- verb To feign, dissimulate.
- verb To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
- verb To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.