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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French fanfaronnade.
Noun
Fanfaronade f (genitive Fanfaronade, plural Fanfaronaden)
- (archaic) fanfaronade, boasting
- Synonyms: Angeberei, Prahlerei
1833, Carl von Clausewitz, Hinterlassene Werke des Generals Carl von Clausewitz über Krieg und Kriegführung: Der Feldzug von 1796 in Italien, page 186:Dieser Ausfall war eine Fanfaronade, die nicht anders als schlecht endigen konnte; viel gescheuter wäre es gewesen gleich nach dem Seraglio hinauszugehen und sich dort auf eine verständige Art einzurichten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Fanfaronade
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