Dictionary English → German: gaffe

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edit	NOUN	a gaffe \| gaffes
	SYNO	faux pas \| gaffe \| gaucherie \| slip ...
	faux pas \| gaffe \| gaucherie \| slip \| solecism © Princeton University

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gaffe

922

Ausrutscher {m} [ugs.]

gaffe

481

Entgleisung {f} [fig.]

gaffe

406

Fauxpas {m}

gaffe

135

Patzer {m} [Fehler, Ausrutscher]

gaffe-prone {adj}

zu Fauxpas neigend

neol. pol. market. wealth gaffe

[»Reichtums-Patzer«; gemünzt auf verbale Entgleisungen des vermögenden Mitt Romney zum Thema »Armut / Reichtum« im US-Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2012]

to make a gaffe

einen Fauxpas begehen

to make a gaffe [by saying something]

ins Fettnäpfchen treten [ugs.] [Redewendung]

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