"Affentheater" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈafn̩teˌʔaːtɐ/ Audio: De-Affentheater.ogg
Etymology: From Affe + -n- + Theater (“to-do, fuss”, literally “monkey theater”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|Affe|-n-|Theater|lit3=monkey theater|t3=to-do, fuss}} Affe + -n- + Theater (“to-do, fuss”, literally “monkey theater”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Affentheater n (strong, genitive Affentheaters, plural Affentheater) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Affentheaters [genitive], Affentheater [plural], strong [table-tags], Affentheater [nominative, singular], Affentheater [definite, nominative, plural], Affentheaters [genitive, singular], Affentheater [definite, genitive, plural], Affentheater [dative, singular], Affentheatern [dative, definite, plural], Affentheater [accusative, singular], Affentheater [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) charade Tags: colloquial, derogatory, neuter, strong

Inflected forms

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    {
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          "english": "[…] and all his immediate and untracked steps were pure ridiculous business, since he had known from the start that he would not have to fight.",
          "ref": "1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 583:",
          "text": "Etwas ernüchternd wirkte ein Gegenflugblatt des Herrn Kasimir Japoll, dahingehend, dem von Zutawski sei ganz genau bekannt gewesen, daß er, Japoll, seinerzeit in Lemberg von irgendwelchen aufgeblasenen Laffen für satisfaktionsunfähig erklärt worden sei, und alle seine sofortigen und ungesäumten Schritte seien das reine Affentheater gewesen, da er von vornherein gewußt habe, daß er sich nicht werde schlagen müssen.",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 583:",
          "text": "Etwas ernüchternd wirkte ein Gegenflugblatt des Herrn Kasimir Japoll, dahingehend, dem von Zutawski sei ganz genau bekannt gewesen, daß er, Japoll, seinerzeit in Lemberg von irgendwelchen aufgeblasenen Laffen für satisfaktionsunfähig erklärt worden sei, und alle seine sofortigen und ungesäumten Schritte seien das reine Affentheater gewesen, da er von vornherein gewußt habe, daß er sich nicht werde schlagen müssen.",
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