English-German translations for circus

• Zirkus der
  Es ist Zeit, dass wir diesem ungesunden Zirkus ein Ende setzen. It is time we stopped this unhealthy circus.
  Dieser "Zirkus" sollte natürlich enden! As for the 'circus', it should obviously stop!
  Dieser Ort wird langsam zu einem Zirkus, und dies muß aufhören. The place is becoming a circus and it has to stop.
• Platz der

Definition of circus

• A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
• A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet
• A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place
• In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing
• Circuit; space; enclosure
• To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus

Examples

• The circus will be in town next week
• Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street

Related words

• circusless
• circus director
• circus ring
• circus performer
• circus menagerie
• circus parade
• media circus
• flying circus
• flea circus