weltfremd — meaning in English

English meaning

• tone deaf adjective Badly out of touch with how other people feel, so that what you say or do lands as insensitive or oblivious.
• unworldly adj Far beyond what is normally seen in ordinary life.

Senses

weltfremd is used for these senses in English:

• tone-deaf (colloquial, figurative) Out of touch with the experience of ordinary people.
• unworldly Lacking sophistication.

tone deaf — full definition

1. adjective Badly out of touch with how other people feel, so that what you say or do lands as insensitive or oblivious.
2. adjective Unable to hear or reproduce differences in musical pitch accurately.

unworldly — full definition

1. adj Far beyond what is normally seen in ordinary life.
2. adj Describes someone more interested in spiritual things than in money or material success.
3. adj Belonging to heaven rather than to the earth.
4. adj Not experienced or worldly-wise.

Related German words