HACKNEYED - Translation from English into German

English

German

hack·neyed [ˈhæknid] ADJ pej

hackneyed: abgedroschen pej

hackneyed: abgenutzt

hackneyed phrase: stereotype Redensart

hack·ney [ˈhækni] N

1. hackney (horse):

hackney: Pferd nt <-(e)s, -e>

hackney: Gaul m <-(e)s, Gäu·le> inf

hackney: Ross nt CH

2. hackney (horse-pulled carriage):

hackney: [Pferde]droschke f

hackney: [Pferde]kutsche f A

hackney: [Ross]kutsche f CH

3. hackney esp Brit (taxi):

hackney: Taxi nt <-s, -s>

ˈhack·ney car·riage N

1. hackney carriage (horse-pulled carriage):

hackney carriage: [Pferde]droschke f

hackney carriage: [Pferde]kutsche f A

hackney carriage: [Ross]kutsche f CH

2. hackney carriage esp Brit form (taxi):

hackney carriage: Taxi nt <-s, -s>

German

English

Phrasendrescherei: hackneyed [or hollow] phrase-mongering

abgedroschen: hackneyed

abgegriffen: hackneyed

schablonenhaft: hackneyed pej

sich acc schablonenhaft ausdrücken: to use hackneyed expressions pej [or clichés]

Versatzstück: hackneyed phrase pej

Droschke: hackney cab [or carriage]

eine höfliche/abgedroschene Floskel: a hackneyed phrase pej

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

hackneyed phrase: stereotype Redensart

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The court quashed the council's decision to introduce age limits for licensed hackney carriages and private hire vehicles.

www.lawgazette.co.uk

The growler was a type of four-wheel, enclosed carriage drawn by two horses used as a hackney carriage, that is, as a vehicle for hire with a coachman.

en.wikipedia.org

Incidentally, the chap who lent me the first bike is a licensed hackney carriage driver by trade...

londonist.com

These soon replaced the hackney carriage as a vehicle for hire and with the introduction of a clockwork mechanical taximeter to measure the fare, the name became taxicab.

en.wikipedia.org

Scenes include a hackney carriage journey, self-realisation, scornful glances in a mirror and wandering an old 1930s house.

en.wikipedia.org

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Occasional hackneyed phrases and quotes from the literary canon of the middle-school level (“Hofmann quoted Goethe, Götz in muted tones, and Tasso loudly:

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www.wollheim-memorial.de

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Bisweilen abgedroschene Wendungen und Zitate aus dem literarischen Kanon der schulischen Mittelstufe („Hofmann zitierte Goethe, leise den Götz, und laut den Tasso:

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www.wollheim-memorial.de

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Stories packed simultaneously with jocularity and profundity, rich in costumes, stage sets and (dubious) theatre magic, the splendour and wretchedness of the comedy and pantomime professions, fully focused on lines and players and not on time-restricted caprices of interpretation, endearing, old-fashioned and hackneyed maybe, yet likewise marvellous.

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www.kultur-frankfurt.de

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Geschichten voller Alberei und Tiefsinn zugleich, reich an Kostüm, Kulisse und (faulem) Theaterzauber, Pracht und Armseligkeit des Komödiantentums und des Schmierentheaters, ganz auf Text und Schauspieler und nicht auf zeitgebundene Interpretationswillkür gestürzt, liebenswert altmodisch, abgedroschen und herrlich zugleich.

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www.kultur-frankfurt.de

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I simply don’t subscribe to this hackneyed idea; Overgrown already features real strings.

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mb.mercedes-benz.com

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Ich brauche diese abgedroschene Idee nicht, auf Overgrown sind auch so echte Streicher zu hören.

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mb.mercedes-benz.com