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dreist

brazen, impudent, audacious

adjective DRYST Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Also means

barefaced, shameless

Usage Note

dreist is more negative than keck — it implies crossing social boundaries without shame. It often appears with Lüge (lie) or Forderung (demand): eine dreiste Lüge — a barefaced lie. The tone is always disapproving.

Examples

"Es war ziemlich dreist von ihm, um Urlaub zu bitten, nachdem er zwei Wochen lang gefehlt hatte."

Natural Translation

It was rather brazen of him to ask for holiday after he had been absent for two weeks.

Literal Translation

It was rather brazen of him, for holiday to ask, after he two weeks long absent had.

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