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epigram:
- Satire; Schmähschrift; Spottschrift; Spottgedicht
Wiktionary:
- epigram → Epigramm, Sinngedicht, Sentenz
- epigram → Epigramm, Sinngedicht, Sinnspruch

English

Detailed Translations for epigram from English to German

epigram:

epigram [the ~] noun

the epigram (satire; lampoon; satirical poem)
die Satire; die Schmähschrift; die Spottschrift; Spottgedicht
- Satire [die ~] noun
- Schmähschrift [die ~] noun
- Spottschrift [die ~] noun
- Spottgedicht [das ~] noun

Translation Matrix for epigram:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Satire	epigram; lampoon; satire; satirical poem	Satire
Schmähschrift	epigram; lampoon; satire; satirical poem	lampoon; libel; pamphlet
Spottgedicht	epigram; lampoon; satire; satirical poem	satire
Spottschrift	epigram; lampoon; satire; satirical poem
-	quip

Related Words for "epigram":

epigrams

Synonyms for "epigram":

quip; saying; expression; locution

Related Definitions for "epigram":

a witty saying¹

Wiktionary Translations for epigram:

epigram

noun

short, witty or pithy poem
- epigram → Epigramm
inscription in stone
- epigram → Epigramm
brief but witty saying
- epigram → Epigramm

epigram

noun

Literatur: selbstständige Dichtungsform in Form von kurzen treffenden Spottversen, Gedanken
- Sinngedicht → epigram
Philosophie, Theologie: ein allgemeingültiger, konkreter und genau formulierter Ausspruch, der sehr Autorität und bekannt ist
- Sentenz → formula; sentence; expression; motto; phrase; maxim; gnome; dictum; epigraph; precept; epigram; adage; axiom; aphorism

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• epigram	→ Epigramm; Sinngedicht; Sinnspruch	↔ épigramme — Petite pièce de vers qui se termine ordinairement par un trait piquant ou par un bon mot.

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