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edit	ADJ	vain \| vainer/more vain \| vainest/most vain
	SYNO	bootless \| fruitless \| futile ...
	bootless \| fruitless \| futile \| sleeveless \| vain conceited \| egotistic \| egotistical \| self-conceited \| swollen \| swollen-headed \| vain © Princeton University

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vain {adj}

3672

eitel [pej.: selbstgefällig] [auch: geh. veraltend: nichtig, vergeblich]

vain {adj}

1499

eingebildet

vain {adj}

1205

vergeblich

vain {adj}

620

nutzlos

vain {adj} [fruitless, useless]

243

fruchtlos [vergeblich, nutzlos]

vain {adj} [pointless]

143

aussichtslos

vain {adj}

aufgeblasen [ugs.]

vain {adj}

affig [ugs.]

2 Words: Others

for vain {adv} [archaic]

vergebens

for vain {adv} [archaic]

vergeblich

in vain {adv}

sinnlos [vergeblich]

in vain {adv}

umsonst [vergeblich]

in vain {adv}

vergebens

in vain {adv}

vergeblich

more vain {adj}

eitler

most vain {adj}

eitelste

2 Words: Nouns

vain affair

triviale Angelegenheit {f}

vain attempt

vergeblicher Versuch {m}

vain chatter [empty talk]

leeres Geschwätz {n} [ugs.] [pej.]

vain difference

unwesentlicher Unterschied {m}

vain endeavour [Br.]

ergebnisloses Bemühen {n}

vain endeavour [Br.]

vergebliche Mühe {f}

vain hope

vergebene Hoffnung {f}

vain hope

vergebliche Hoffnung {f}

vain project

aussichtsloses Projekt {n}

vain project

törichtes Projekt {n}

vain wish

vergeblicher Wunsch {m}

3 Words: Others

all in vain {adv}

ganz umsonst [vergeblich]

all in vain {adv}

für nichts und wieder nichts [Redewendung]

chic and vain {adj}

schick und eitel

completely in vain {adv}

völlig umsonst [vergebens]

completely in vain {adv}

völlig vergebens

not in vain {adv} [idiom]

nicht umsonst

3 Words: Verbs

mil. sports to attack sth. in vain

vergeblich gegen etw. anrennen [anstürmen]

idiom to be vain of sth.

sich^Dat. etwas auf etw. einbilden

to hope in vain

vergebens hoffen

to hope in vain

vergeblich hoffen

to search in vain

vergebens suchen

idiom to talk in vain

in den Wind reden

to talk in vain

in den Wind sprechen [fig.]

to try in vain

vergebens versuchen

to wait in vain

vergebens warten

3 Words: Nouns

med. vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia <VAIN>

vaginale intraepitheliale Neoplasie {f} <VAIN>

4 Words: Verbs

to be a bit vain

etwas eitel sein

to stuff sb. with vain hopes

jdn. mit leeren Hoffnungen speisen

to take sb.'s name in vain [idiom]

über jdn. lästern

5+ Words: Others

quote Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. [Schiller]

as vain as a peacock {adj} [idiom]

so eitel wie ein Pfau [Redewendung]

bibl. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. [the third commandment, King James Version]

Du sollst den Namen des Herrn, deines Gottes, nicht missbrauchen. [das zweite Gebot nach Luther]

proverb With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

Der Dummheit ist kein Kraut gewachsen.

5+ Words: Verbs

to spend one's breath (in vain) [idiom]

in den Wind reden [Redewendung]

relig. to take the Lord's name in vain

den Namen des Herrn missbrauchen

bibl. to take the name of the Lord in vain

den Namen Gottes eitel nennen [unnütz führen, missbrauchen]

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