Translation of "grotesque" to German

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Dictionary translations for "grotesque"

grotesque [ɡrəuˈtesk] adjective

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grotesk (comically distorted)

What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque.

Was sich zurzeit im Kärntner Ortstafelstreit abspielt, ist grotesk.

grotesque [ɡrəuˈtesk] noun

pl. grotesques

die Groteske f (comically distorted design)

Contexts with "grotesque"

What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque. Was sich zurzeit im Kärntner Ortstafelstreit abspielt, ist grotesk.

From this point on, the story becomes so twisted and grotesque that I can't stop reading it anymore. Bis zu diesem Punkt angelangt, begann die Geschichte so verdreht und grotesk zu werden, dass ich unmöglich im Lesen innehalten konnte.

In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again. In ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen.

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