How is the word Übertreibung translated from German to English

English translation
exaggeration
noun

Eine Darstellung, die etwas größer oder schlimmer macht, als es ist.

A description that makes something bigger or worse than it is.

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  • Das ist eine maßlose Übertreibung. — That's a gross exaggeration.

  • Ohne Übertreibung: Es war der beste Tag meines Lebens. — Without exaggeration: it was the best day of my life.

  • Er neigt zur Übertreibung. — He tends to exaggerate.

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