English-German translations for feign

• ausdenken
• erfinden
• fingieren
• heucheln
• simulieren
• so tun als ob
• verbergen
• verheimlichen
• verstellen
• vorgeben
• vormachen
• vortäuschen
  Nur die, die die trügerische Vorstellung nähren, im Konvent sei ein Konsens erreicht worden, können Entsetzen vortäuschen. Only those who promote the false idea that a supposed consensus was obtained within the Convention can feign astonishment.

Definition of feign

• To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate
• To imagine; to invent; to pretend
• To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent
• To hide or conceal

Examples

• The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
• They feigned her signature on the cheque.
• He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
• Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.

Related words

• feigned
• feigning
• unfeignedly
• feign ignorance
• feigning ignorance of
• to feign