Translation of "grotesk" to English

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Dictionary translations for "grotesk"

grotesk adjective

absurd [əbˈsə:d] (lächerlich)

ludicrous [ˈlu:dɪkrəs] (Äußere)

bizarre [bɪˈzɑ:] (drollig)

grotesk adverb

absurdly (lächerlich)

ludicrously (Äußere)

bizarre [bɪˈzɑ:] (drollig)

Contexts with "grotesk"

Was sich zurzeit im Kärntner Ortstafelstreit abspielt, ist grotesk. What is happening at the present time in the dispute over place-name signs in Carinthia is grotesque.

Bis zu diesem Punkt angelangt, begann die Geschichte so verdreht und grotesk zu werden, dass ich unmöglich im Lesen innehalten konnte. From this point on, the story becomes so twisted and grotesque that I can't stop reading it anymore.

In ihren neuen Arbeiten lässt sie das Unheimliche wie ein groteskes Pendel vom Humorvollen ins Heimelige und zurück schwingen. In her latest works she lets the uncanny swing like a grotesque pendulum from the humorous into homelike cosiness and back again.

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