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Dictionary English → German: Curiosity

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German

edit	NOUN1	a curiosity \| curiosities
edit	NOUN2	curiosity \| -
	SYNO	curiosity \| wonder \| curio ...
	curiosity \| wonder curio \| curiosity \| oddity \| oddment \| peculiarity \| rarity © Princeton University

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curiosity2

1966

Neugier {f}

curiosity2

467

Neugierde {f}

curiosity

175

Merkwürdigkeit {f}

curiosity1 [rarity]

103

Kuriosität {f}

curiosity

100

Sehenswürdigkeit {f}

curiosity

Seltenheit {f}

curiosity2

Wissbegierde {f}

curiosity

Wissensdurst {m}

curiosity

Wissbegier {f}

curiosity

Rarität {f}

curiosity [sensation-seeking]

Schaulust {f} [oft pej.]

curiosity

Seltsamkeit {f}

curiosity1

Kuriosum {n} [geh.]

2 Words: Others

from curiosity {adv}

aus Neugierde

2 Words: Verbs

to arouse curiosity

Neugier erzeugen

to arouse sb.'s curiosity

jds. Neugier wecken

to excite sb.'s curiosity

jds. Neugier entfachen [geh.]

to excite sb.'s curiosity

jds. Neugier wecken

to pique sb.'s curiosity

jds. Neugier reizen

to provoke curiosity

Neugier erregen

to satisfy curiosity

Neugier befriedigen

to satisfy curiosity

Neugierde stillen

2 Words: Nouns

(excessive) curiosity

Fürwitz {m} [veraltet] [(übertriebene) Neugier]

psych. zool. curiosity behavior [Am.]

Neugierverhalten {n}

psych. zool. curiosity behaviour [Br.]

Neugierverhalten {n}

curiosity cabinet

Raritätenkabinett {n}

comm. curiosity shop

Antiquitätenladen {m}

comm. curiosity shop

Kuriositätenladen {m}

curiosity-seeker

Neugieriger {m}

feminine curiosity

weibliche Neugier {f}

huge curiosity

immense Neugier {f}

idle curiosity

bloße Neugier {f}

idle curiosity

pure Neugier {f}

intellectual curiosity

Wissbegierde {f}

acad. scientific curiosity

Forscherdrang {m}

3 Words: Others

as a curiosity {adv}

als Kuriosität

for curiosity's sake {adv}

um der Neugier willen

from idle curiosity {adv} [without a good reason or purpose]

aus purer Neugier

full of curiosity {adj} {adv} [postpos.]

neugierig

out of curiosity {adv}

aus Neugierde

3 Words: Verbs

to act with curiosity

aus Neugier handeln

idiom to burn with curiosity

brennen vor Neugier

idiom to burst with curiosity

vor Neugierde platzen

to die of curiosity

an Neugier zugrunde gehen

to regard with curiosity

neugierig betrachten

to stir up curiosity

Neugierde erregen

to work up curiosity

neugierig werden

4 Words: Others

all agog with curiosity

voll Neugierde

proverb Curiosity killed the cat.

Neugier ist der Katze Tod.

proverb Curiosity killed the cat.

Neugierige Katzen verbrennen sich die Tatzen.

Forgive my curiosity, but ...

Entschuldige meine Neugier, aber ...

Forgive my curiosity, but ...

Verzeihen Sie meine Neugier, aber ... [formelle Anrede]

idiom I'm bursting with curiosity.

Ich platze vor Neugier.

just out of curiosity {adv}

nur aus Interesse

out of sheer curiosity {adv}

aus reiner Neugier

idiom She's bursting with curiosity.

Sie platzt vor Neugierde.

4 Words: Verbs

idiom to be bursting with curiosity [fig.]

vor Neugier platzen [fig.]

4 Words: Nouns

child's newly awakened curiosity

Kinderneugier {f}

5+ Words: Others

quote First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. [attributed to George Bernard Shaw]

Die erste Liebe ist nichts als ein bisschen Dummheit und sehr viel Neugierde.

I couldn't control my curiosity.

Ich konnte meine Neugier nicht zügeln.

in a fit of curiosity {adv}

aus lauter Neugierde

Just out of curiosity, why ...?

Rein aus Neugier, warum ...?

idiom She was devoured by curiosity.

Sie brannte vor Neugier.

She's just bursting with curiosity.

Ihr scheint die Neugier aus allen Knopflöchern. [ugs.]

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F A Mortal Curiosity [Ann Granger]

Neugier ist ein schneller Tod

lit. F The Old Curiosity Shop [Charles Dickens]

Der Raritätenladen

Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)

bot. T

curiosity plants [genus Cereus]

Pitahayas {pl}

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A 2022-02-25: agree with curiosity-killed-the-cat: Probably the same as "off colour" - ...
A 2021-09-29: What about plumping for +heyday+ as originally suggested? > +Cabinets of c...
A 2021-05-31: @curiosity-killed-the-cat
A 2019-10-21: Out of curiosity: Is the pronounciation different for hand wound and hand-wound?
A 2018-11-13: I understood it like curiosity.
A 2018-07-05: Danke curiosity
A 2018-03-05: curiosity-killed-the-cat
A 2016-12-22: @jim & curiosity
A 2016-12-22: @curiosity
A 2016-11-11: Agree with +curiosity's+ analysis
A 2016-09-29: I agree with curiosity's interpretation.
A 2016-08-31: Beyond any doubt: +It's just my curiosity. / I'm asking this out of curios...
A 2015-12-18: curiosity hat recht
A 2015-12-15: Good precept. After all, curiosity +killed+ the cat.
A 2015-09-06: Wie zumeist pflichte ich curiosity-killed-the-cat bei
A 2015-08-25: @ curiosity: kleines Missverständnis
A 2015-04-28: "Curiosity killed the cat"
A 2015-02-07: @curiosity
A 2015-02-05: Agree with curiosity: "work instructions."
A 2015-02-01: @ curiosity

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