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орнаментальная
to blacken somebody's/something's name/reputation [as somebody/something]
German
German
English
English

dif·fa·mie·ren* [dɪfaˈmi:rən] VB trans

jdn/etw [als jdn/etw] diffamieren
to blacken sb's/sth's name/reputation [as sb/sth]
jdn/etw [als jdn/etw] diffamieren
to malign [or vilify] sb
jdn/etw diffamieren
to drag sb's/sth's name [or reputation] through the mud
English
English
German
German
to bork sb Am inf
jdn diffamieren (bes. bei Kandidaten für öfftl. Ämter)
Präsens
ichdiffamiere
dudiffamierst
er/sie/esdiffamiert
wirdiffamieren
ihrdiffamiert
siediffamieren
Präteritum
ichdiffamierte
dudiffamiertest
er/sie/esdiffamierte
wirdiffamierten
ihrdiffamiertet
siediffamierten
Perfekt
ichhabediffamiert
duhastdiffamiert
er/sie/eshatdiffamiert
wirhabendiffamiert
ihrhabtdiffamiert
siehabendiffamiert
Plusquamperfekt
ichhattediffamiert
duhattestdiffamiert
er/sie/eshattediffamiert
wirhattendiffamiert
ihrhattetdiffamiert
siehattendiffamiert

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bork sb Am inf
jdn diffamieren (bes. bei Kandidaten für öfftl. Ämter)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Die Partei diffamiere demokratische Akteure und versuche sie mundtot zu machen, da sie mittlerweile in allen Teilen der Gesellschaft angekommen sei.
de.wikipedia.org
Regelmäßig diffamierten neu eingewanderte Araber den vorgefundenen Glauben als unorthodox.
de.wikipedia.org
Von den Nazis als "Zuhälter der Entarteten Kunst" diffamiert, wurde er 1933 aus allen städtischen Ämtern entlassen.
de.wikipedia.org
Entsprechend der von der Komintern vorgegebenen Strategie wurden die Sozialdemokraten als „Sozialfaschisten“ diffamiert.
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Nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten wurde er als Jude diffamiert, sein Werk und seine Bedeutung für die Musikgeschichte gerieten in Vergessenheit.
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