Ironie

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʁoˈniː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Ironie f (genitive Ironie, plural Ironien)

  1. irony
    • 1983 December 2, Klaus Pokatzky, “Der Witz mit dem Hit”, in Die Zeit:
      Das wird dann das Lied zur Wende in Bonn. "So viel Schwung, so viel Optimismus", jubelt die CDU-Welt. Ironie hat es schwer in Deutschland.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Ironie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ironie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Ironie” in Duden online
  • Ironie on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de