obscurity

obscurity
noun
1) no pl. (being unknown or inconspicuous) Unbekanntheit, die

sink into obscurity — in Vergessenheit geraten

in obscurity — unbeachtet, unauffällig [leben]

2) (unintelligibleness, unintelligible thing) Unverständlichkeit, die
3) no pl. (darkness) Dunkelheit, die
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noun die Dunkelheit
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ob·scu·rity
[əbˈskjʊərəti, AM -ˈskjʊrət̬i]
n no pl
1. (anonymity) Unbekanntheit f; (of no importance) Unbedeutendheit f
to rise from \obscurity aus dem Nichts auftauchen
to sink [or slide] into \obscurity in Vergessenheit geraten
2. (difficulty) of language, texts Unverständlichkeit f, Unklarheit f
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[əb'skjʊərItɪ]
n
1) no pl (of a wood, night) Dunkelheit f, Finsternis f, Dunkel nt
2) (of style, ideas, argument) Unklarheit f, Unverständlichkeit f, Verworrenheit f

to lapse into obscurity — verworren or unklar werden

he threw some light on the obscurities of the text — er erhellte einige der unklaren Textstellen

3) no pl (of birth, origins) Dunkel nt

to live in obscurity — zurückgezogen leben

to rise from obscurity —

in spite of the obscurity of his origins — trotz seiner unbekannten Herkunft

to sink into obscurity — in Vergessenheit geraten

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obscurity [əbˈskjʊərətı; US auch ɑb-] s
1. Dunkelheit f (auch fig)
2. fig Unklarheit f, Undeutlichkeit f
3. fig Obskurität f, Unbekanntheit f:
retire into obscurity sich vom öffentlichen oder gesellschaftlichen Leben zurückziehen;
be lost in obscurity vergessen sein
4. obskure oder dunkle Person oder Sache
5. MAL dunkler Fleck
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noun
1) no pl. (being unknown or inconspicuous) Unbekanntheit, die

sink into obscurity — in Vergessenheit geraten

in obscurity — unbeachtet, unauffällig [leben]

2) (unintelligibleness, unintelligible thing) Unverständlichkeit, die
3) no pl. (darkness) Dunkelheit, die
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n.
Dunkelheit f.
Unklarheit f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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