German words: Proverbs & Sayings
40 German words on the topic “Proverbs & Sayings” with translation, pronunciation and example sentences. Browse them in the app.
Words in this topic
- das Sprichwort — proverb
- die Redensart — saying / common expression
- die Weisheit — wisdom
- überliefern — to pass down / to transmit traditionally
- treffend — apt / accurate / fitting
- bildhaft — vivid / figurative
- der Volksmund — popular speech / common saying tradition
- der Lebensrat — life advice / practical wisdom
- eine Lehre ziehen — to draw a lesson
- die Lebensweisheit — life wisdom / practical wisdom
- der Merksatz — memorable saying / mnemonic sentence
- die Moral — moral / lesson
- geläufig — common / widely used / familiar
- übertragen — to transfer meaning / to interpret figuratively
- eine Warnung enthalten — to contain a warning
- die Binsenweisheit — truism / platitude
- der Wahrheitsgehalt — degree of truth / truth content
- überholt — outdated / obsolete
- das Gleichnis — parable / allegorical comparison
- belehren — to instruct / to lecture / to moralize
- die Mahnung — warning / admonition
- die Bauernregel — traditional weather saying / rustic proverb
- der Sinnspruch — aphorism / meaningful saying
- überliefert — handed down / traditionally transmitted
- einprägsam — memorable / catchy
- die Volksweisheit — folk wisdom / popular wisdom
- sinnbildlich — symbolic / figurative
- die Lebensregel — rule of life / life principle
- die Übertreibung — exaggeration
- vielsagend — meaningful / expressive / telling
- lehrreich — instructive / educational
- der Erfahrungssatz — rule of thumb based on experience / experiential principle
- der Spruch — saying / maxim
- bewahren — to preserve / keep
- das Leitmotiv — leitmotif / recurring theme
- eine Erkenntnis vermitteln — to convey an insight
- die Fabel — fable
- deuten — to interpret / to construe
- der Kern — core / essence
- die Doppeldeutigkeit — ambiguity / double meaning