English-German translations for irony

• Ironie die
  Wieder ist in diesem Plenum kein Sinn für Ironie festzustellen. No sense of irony again in this Chamber.
  Und ich sage dies ohne jegliche Ironie. I say this entirely without irony.
  Wenn Sie keine Ironie verstehen können, tut es mir leid. If you are all unable to understand irony, I am sorry.

Definition of irony

• A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
• Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play
• The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way
• Of or pertaining to the metal iron

Examples

• The food had an irony taste to it.

Related words

• post-irony
• postirony
• self-irony
• irony mark
• irony of fate
• Socratic irony