commonplace

commonplace
1. noun
(platitude) Gemeinplatz, der; (anything usual or trite) Alltäglichkeit, die
2. adjective
nichtssagend, banal [Bemerkung, Buch]; alltäglich [Angelegenheit, Ereignis]
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adjective (very ordinary and uninteresting: commonplace remarks.) uninteressant
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ˈcom·mon·place
I. adj
1. (normal) alltäglich, normal
▪ to be \commonplace gang und gäbe sein
2. (pej: trite) banal pej, platt pej
II. n Gemeinplatz m pej, Banalität f pej, Platitüde f geh
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commonplace [ˈkɒmənpleıs; US ˈkɑ-]
A s
1. Gemeinplatz m, Binsenwahrheit f, Platitüde f
2. Alltäglichkeit f, Abgedroschenheit f pej
3. alltägliche (uninteressante) Sache
4. Lesefrucht f, Aufzeichnung f (aus einem Buch):
commonplace book Kollektaneenbuch n
B adj alltäglich, Alltags…, abgedroschen pej, präd auch gang und gäbe
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1. noun
(platitude) Gemeinplatz, der; (anything usual or trite) Alltäglichkeit, die
2. adjective
nichtssagend, banal [Bemerkung, Buch]; alltäglich [Angelegenheit, Ereignis]
* * *
n.
Gemeinplatz m.

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