Translations for „pretender“ in the English » German Dictionary

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pre·tend·er [prɪˈtendəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

a pretender to sth to position, title

ein Anwärter/eine Anwärterin auf etw acc

a pretender to sth to position, title

ein Prätendent/eine Prätendentin auf etw acc form

pretender to the throne

Thronanwärter(in) m (f)

pretender N

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pretender

Angeber m

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pretender to the throne

Thronanwärter(in) m (f)

to look through a pretence/pretender

einen Vorwand/Heuchler durchschauen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Each of the three noblemen also happen to be pretenders of much larger former monarchies, too.

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It is called the great pretender for its variety of symptoms.

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Several plans for the company's privatization were formed in the late 1990s, but due to competition equal influential pretenders they were never fulfilled.

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The characters on the pillars, champion and pretender, were still there, but in a modern office instead of a medieval setting.

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In the latter case, some pretenders hope that the disability may become permanent, such as through tissue necrosis caused by constricted blood supply.

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