"Selbstdarstellung" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Selbstdarstellung.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: selbst (“self”) + Darstellung (“performance”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|selbst<t:self>|Darstellung<t:performance>}}, {{compound|de|selbst|Darstellung|t1=self|t2=performance}} selbst (“self”) + Darstellung (“performance”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Selbstdarstellung f (genitive Selbstdarstellung, plural Selbstdarstellungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Selbstdarstellung [genitive], Selbstdarstellungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Selbstdarstellung [nominative, singular], Selbstdarstellungen [definite, nominative, plural], Selbstdarstellung [genitive, singular], Selbstdarstellungen [definite, genitive, plural], Selbstdarstellung [dative, singular], Selbstdarstellungen [dative, definite, plural], Selbstdarstellung [accusative, singular], Selbstdarstellungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (derogatory) showmanship, grandstanding Tags: derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-Selbstdarstellung-de-noun-NG5~rcUf Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 80 14 6 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 61 37 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 78 18 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 90 8 2
  2. self-portrait Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Selbstdarstellung-de-noun-u~XkmlJj
  3. self-representation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Selbstdarstellung-de-noun-KFuuXsm-

Inflected forms

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      "Darstellung#German"
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  "etymology_text": "selbst (“self”) + Darstellung (“performance”)",
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "Selbstdarstellung",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Selbstdarstellungen",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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    }
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          "showmanship",
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        [
          "grandstanding",
          "grandstanding"
        ]
      ],
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        "(derogatory) showmanship, grandstanding"
      ],
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      ]
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          "english": "For parts of the West German student movement of 1968, the anti-fascist self-representation of the GDR was very attractive.",
          "ref": "2012, Patrick Conley, Der parteiliche Journalist, →ISBN, page 281:",
          "text": "Für Teile der 68er-Bewegung besaß die antifaschistische Selbstdarstellung der DDR eine hohe Akzeptanz.",
          "translation": "For parts of the West German student movement of 1968, the anti-fascist self-representation of the GDR was very attractive.",
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        }
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}
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