Polyglot Dictionary

Täuschung

/ˈtɔɪ̯ʃʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Täuschungen

Meaning

  1. deception, illusion

    • Das war eine optische Täuschung.

      That was an optical illusion.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Illusion

Close synonyms for a deception; Täuschung is the act of deceiving or being deceived, Illusion leans toward a false perception or belief, not necessarily caused by someone else.

Similar in other languages

English

illusion

illusion is the English word for the same thing — both mean "deception, illusion."

Practice

1 What does Täuschung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war eine optische ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Täuschung?

noun

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