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Detailed Translations for backwardness from English to German

backwardness:

backwardness [the ~] noun

  1. the backwardness (retardation; preposterousness; rubbish)
    der Wahnsinn; die Zurückgebliebenheit; die Rückständigkeit; die Unsinnigkeit; die Schwachsinnigkeit
  2. the backwardness (feeble-mindedness; mental disorder; mental disturbance; mental derangement; derangement of mind)

Translation Matrix for backwardness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Geisteskrankheit backwardness; derangement of mind; feeble-mindedness; mental derangement; mental disorder; mental disturbance aberration; derangement of mind; folly; foolishness; idiocy; insanity; lunacy; mental derangement; mental disorder; mental disturbance; mental illness
Rückständigkeit backwardness; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish
Schwachsinnigkeit backwardness; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish
Unsinnigkeit backwardness; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish gibberish; nonsense; rubbish
Wahnsinn backwardness; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish craziness; delirium; derangement; derangement of mind; ecstasy; frenzy; hysteria; idiocy; inanity; insanity; lunacy; madness; mental derangement; mental disorder; mental disturbance; mental illness
Zurückgebliebenheit backwardness; preposterousness; retardation; rubbish
- mental retardation; retardation; slowness; subnormality

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Related Definitions for "backwardness":

  1. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities1

Wiktionary Translations for backwardness:


Cross Translation:
FromToVia
backwardness Verspätung retard — Fait d'arriver plus tard

backward:


Translation Matrix for backward:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- feebleminded; half-witted; slow-witted
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- back; backwards; rearward; rearwards
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
blödsinnig backward; mentally deficient; retarded blind drunk; crazy; daft; dead drunk; foolish; funny; idiot; idiotic; insane; loaded; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nonsensical; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
dumm backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid as dumb as an ox; as thick as an brick; boorish; boring; deadening; dense; dull; easily; easy; effortless; flabbergasted; foolish; ill-bred; irrational; not difficult; not hard; obtuse; rude; senseless; simple; speechless; stupid; tongue-tied; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneducated; unmannerly
einfältig backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid believing; credulous; easy; effortless; foolish; free; freely; goody-goody; gullible; irrational; light; mutton-head; senseless; sheepish; simple; simpleton; soft; stupid; trustful; trusting; uncomplicated
geisteskrank backward; mentally deficient; retarded crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
geistesschwach backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; light; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
gestört backward; mentally deficient; retarded crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
irre backward; mentally deficient; retarded atypical; bewildered; chaotic; confused; crazy; daft; diffuse; disconcerted; disordered; enormous; flustered; foolish; funny; gigantic; huge; idiotic; immense; insane; loony; mad; mentally confused; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; out of proportion; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; strange; stupendous; stupid; to a huge extent; tremendous; vast; very large; weird
irrsinnig backward; mentally deficient; retarded atypical; crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mentally disturbed; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; strange; stupid; weird
rücklings back to back; backward; backwards backwards
rückständig backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid in arrear
schwach backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid base; delicate; demented; dim; dizy; dull; faint; feeble; feeble-minded; fragile; frail; inferior; languishing; lingering; low; mean; mediocre; mentally retarded; nasty; not bad; not high; not solid; not substantial; not very good; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rare; rarefied; rickety; shadowy; sick; sickly; tender; teneous; villainous; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky
schwachsinnig backward; mentally deficient; mentally retarded; retarded; simple; stupid demented; feeble-minded; mentally retarded
unterbegabt backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid
verrückt backward; mentally deficient; retarded blow one's top; bonkered; bonkers; cracked; crackers; crazy; daft; foolish; funny; go up the wall; hit the roof; idiot; idiotic; insane; loony; lose one's cool; lunatic; mad; madly; mentally ill; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; round the bend; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
wahnsinnig backward; mentally deficient; retarded crazy; daft; foolish; funny; idiotic; insane; loony; mad; mixed up; muzzy; nuts; odd; potty; ridiculous; silly; stark mad; stark raving mad; stark staring mad; stupid; weird
zurückgeblieben backward; mentally retarded; simple; stupid corny; jocular; waggish

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Related Definitions for "backward":

  1. directed or facing toward the back or rear1
    • a backward view1
  2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature1
    • a backward lover1
  3. having made less than normal progress1
    • an economically backward country1
  4. retarded in intellectual development1
  5. in or to or toward a past time1
    • lovers of the past looking fondly backward1
  6. at or to or toward the back or rear1
    • tripped when he stepped backward1
  7. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal1
    • it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'1
    • the child put her jersey on backward1

Wiktionary Translations for backward:

backward
adverb
  1. in the direction towards the back
adjective
  1. of an outdated value
  2. undeveloped
  3. reluctant to advance
  4. of the direction reverse of normal
  5. of the direction towards the back
backward
adverb
  1. Schifffahrt: hinten bei einem Seefahrzeug

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
backward rückständig arriéré — Qui ne correspondent plus aux idées courantes, qui sont d’une autre époque.

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