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Dictionary English → German: ignorance

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English

German

edit	NOUN1	an ignorance \| ignorances
edit	NOUN2	ignorance \| -

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1029

Unwissenheit {f}

531

391

Nichtwissen {n}

367

Unkenntnis {f}

108

Ahnungslosigkeit {f} [Unwissenheit]

51

31

Unverstand {m}

8

Unkunde {f} [veraltet]

philos. relig. ignorance [avidya]

Avidya {f} [Nichtwissen]

ignorance [lack of knowledge]

Ignoranz {f} [geh.] [selten] [das Ignorieren]

2 Words: Verbs

to affect ignorance

Unkenntnis vorgeben

to betray ignorance

Unwissenheit zeigen

to dissipate ignorance

Unwissenheit abbauen

to dissipate ignorance

Unwissenheit auflösen

to feign ignorance

Unwissenheit vortäuschen

to feign ignorance

sich unwissend stellen

to feign ignorance

so tun, als wüsste man von nichts

to plead ignorance

sich auf Unwissenheit berufen

2 Words: Nouns

blatant ignorance

offenkundige Unwissenheit {f}

blessed ignorance

glückselige Unwissenheit {f}

blissful ignorance

selige Unwissenheit {f}

biol. immunological ignorance

immunologische Ignoranz {f}

philos. relig. learned ignorance

belehrte Unwissenheit {f} [docta ignorantia: Nicolaus Cusanus]

psych. sociol. pluralistic ignorance

pluralistische Ignoranz {f}

sheer ignorance

blanke Unwissenheit {f}

sheer ignorance

reine Nichtachtung {f}

willful ignorance

Ignoranz {f} [geh.] [pej.]

3 Words: Others

Forgive my ignorance. [idiom]

Entschuldigen Sie meine Unwissenheit. [formelle Anrede]

proverb Ignorance is bliss.

Unwissenheit ist ein Segen.

proverb Ignorance is bliss.

Selig sind die geistig Armen.

out of ignorance {adv}

out of ignorance {adv}

out of ignorance {adv}

out of ignorance {adv}

aus Unwissenheit

3 Words: Verbs

to acknowledge one's ignorance

seine Unwissenheit zugeben

to betray one's ignorance

seine Unwissenheit kundtun

3 Words: Nouns

abyss of ignorance

tiefste Ignoranz {f}

darkness of ignorance

dunkler Nebel {m} der Unwissenheit

educ. hist. ignorance of history

Geschichtsunkenntnis {f}

educ. hist. ignorance of history

Unkenntnis {f} der Geschichte

law ignorance of law

Unkenntnis {f} des Gesetzes

philos. veil of ignorance

Schleier {m} des Nichtwissens

4 Words: Others

Ignorance is no excuse!

Unwissenheit ist keine Entschuldigung!

4 Words: Verbs

law to contest by pleading ignorance

mit Nichtwissen bestreiten

to keep sb. in ignorance of sth.

jdn. etw.^Akk. nicht wissen lassen

idiom to keep sb. in ignorance of sth.

jdn. über etw. im Dunkeln lassen

5+ Words: Others

quote A great firm dome of ignorance must encompass you.

Eine große, feste Glocke von Unwissenheit muß um dich stehn. [F. Nietzsche]

proverb Ignorance is no excuse in law.

Unwissenheit schützt vor Strafe nicht.

proverb Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Unwissenheit schützt vor Strafe nicht.

proverb Pride and ignorance are akin.

Dummheit und Stolz wachsen am selben Holz. [österr.]

proverb Pride and ignorance are akin.

Dummheit und Stolz wachsen auf einem Holz.

proverb Pride and ignorance are akin.

Stolz und Unwissenheit sind verwandt.

quote Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. [Thomas Gray]

Wo Nichtwissen Seligkeit, ist es Torheit, klug zu sein.

5+ Words: Verbs

to keep / leave sb. in ignorance of sth.

jdn. in Unkenntnis über etw. lassen

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F Ignorance [Milan Kundera]

Die Unwissenheit

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Q 2021-12-03: 1. Sloppy questions 2. Ignorance
Q 2019-12-01: A win for "ignorance and laziness"
Q 2016-02-16: Unfortunately ignorance is no deterrent for advancement
Q 2015-02-19: child of ignorance
A 2014-12-13: Thanks Jim, the BE thing would explain my ignorance about "the cock."
A 2014-11-09: +explaining it away+ is nothing to do with +enlightening+ \ Gratifying i...
Q 2014-11-09: pandering to ignorance
A 2014-10-25: als Eigenschaft oder Zustand: wil(l)ful blindness / ignorance, contrived i...
A 2013-08-18: Ignorance.
A 2013-07-03: ignorance .... ?! ;-))
A 2012-06-08: Ignorance
A 2011-02-01: .... bloß !! and ignorance für die wiederholte(n) Missachtung(en) .....
A 2011-02-01: Oh, oh ... ignorance ....!!
A 2011-01-13: fobbed off here = sth. dishonest, shoddy put forth to hide ignorance, inde...
A 2009-06-16: Your ignorance makes me sick!
A 2009-04-20: 'pooge' is a misspelling, either intentional or through ignorance.
A 2009-01-18: forgive my ignorance...
A 2009-01-05: between / among: must etymological ignorance and careless speech increasin...
A 2009-01-03: English? +and which can not fail to keep before in a man in everlasting ig...
A 2008-06-19: respectful attitude of ignorance

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