# hochtrabend

hochtrabend is a German adjective meaning “pompous”. Forms: hochtrabender, am hochtrabendsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: hochtrabender
- Superlative: am hochtrabendsten

## In other languages

- Русский: уничиж. высокопарный, напыщенный

## Meanings

1. pompous, pretentious, highfalutin
2. _derogatory_ entitled; highfalutin; fancy; purple; pretentious; consequential; lofty; pompous; grandiloquent; magniloquent; bombastic; overblown; high-falutin; highfaluting; high-faluting; toplofty; grandiloquently
   - Dieses hochtrabende Gerede hätte er sich sparen können.

## Examples

- Er redet immer mit solchen hochtrabenden Worten. — He always talks in such high-sounding terms.

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