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Translate prudishness from English to German

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prudish:
- prüde
Wiktionary:
- prudishness → Prüderie
- prudish → prüde, schamhaft
- prudish → prüde, zimperlich

English

Detailed Translations for prudishness from English to German

prudishness:

Translation Matrix for prudishness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	Grundyism; primness; prudery

Synonyms for "prudishness":

primness; prudery; Grundyism; modesty; modestness

Related Definitions for "prudishness":

excessive or affected modesty¹

Wiktionary Translations for prudishness:

prudishness

noun

condition of being prudish; prudery
- prudishness → Prüderie

prudish:

prudish adj

prudish
prüde
- prüde adj

Translation Matrix for prudish:

Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prim
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
prüde	prudish

Related Words for "prudish":

prudishness, prudishly

Synonyms for "prudish":

priggish; prim; prissy; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced; straightlaced; straight-laced; tight-laced; victorian; proper

Wiktionary Translations for prudish:

prudish

adjective

exaggeratedly proper
- prudish → prüde

prudish

adjective

mit Schamgefühl, die sittlichen Grenzen, die Regeln des Anstands gebührend befolgend
- schamhaft → prudish; shamefaced; shamefacedly; pudic; coy; bashful; bashfully
in Bezug auf Sexualität übertrieben sittsam, besonders schamhaft, sexuell verklemmt
- prüde → prudish

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prudish	→ prüde	↔ preuts — zeer ingetogen, overdreven kuis
• prudish	→ prüde; zimperlich	↔ bégueule — (familier, fr) Sottement pudibond, exagérément prude et qui se donne des airs de vertu.
• prudish	→ prüde	↔ prude — (term, par substantivation) (vieilli) Personne pleine de pudeur, de retenue. — usage Se dit surtout pour les femmes.

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