# dünkelhaft

dünkelhaft is a German adjective meaning “snobbish”. Forms: dünkelhafter, am dünkelhaftesten.

## Forms

- Comparative: dünkelhafter
- Superlative: am dünkelhaftesten

## In other languages

- Русский: высокомерный, чванный

## Meanings

1. snobbish (considering others as socially or morally inferior)
2. smug, vainglorious, arrogant (considering others as personally inferior)
3. presumptuous; pretentious; entitled; conceited
   - „Was war schon Leben? "Niederer Wahn", wie er in einem seiner dünkelhaftesten (wiewohl betörend schönen) Gedichte schrieb.“

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