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Detailed Translations for allegory from English to German

allegory:

allegory [the ~] nomen

  1. the allegory
    die Allegorie

Translation Matrix for allegory:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Allegorie allegory
- apologue; emblem; fable; parable

Related Words for "allegory":

  • allegories

Synonyms for "allegory":


Related Definitions for "allegory":

  1. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor1
  2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)1
  3. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea1

Wiktionary Translations for allegory:

allegory
noun
  1. the representation of abstract principles
  2. symbolic representation
  3. -
allegory
noun
  1. konventionalisierte bildliche Darstellung eines abstrakten Sachverhalts
  2. Literatur, Rhetorik: personifizierende oder gegenständliche Darstellung eines abstrakten Sachverhaltes

Cross Translation:
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allegory Allegorie; Sinnbild; Gleichnis allégoriereprésentation concret et imagée par des éléments descriptifs d’une idée abstraite.