impertinent
rude, having bad manners
TRANSLATION
unverschämt, frech, arrogant, impertinent
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"This year's Miss Universe contest has been thrown into chaos by allegations that Miss France is a man. Elodie Gossuin, previously assumed to be a 19-year-old woman from Picardy, arrived for the contest in Puerto Rico on Monday night to a barrage of IMPERTINENT questions. The organisers demanded that she prove that she was neither a transvestite nor a transsexual, as a French internet site has claimed. Only natural-born females are allowed to compete.
("Could reigning Miss France be a monsieur? by Philip Delves Broughton - Electronic Telegraph, 25th April 2001)
("Could reigning Miss France be a monsieur? by Philip Delves Broughton - Electronic Telegraph, 25th April 2001)
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An impertinent person is someone who exceeds the limits of propriety or good manners; or who is improperly forward or bold
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin impertinent-, impertinens, from Latin in- + pertinent-, pertinens, present participle of pertinEre to pertain
Date: 14th century
SYNONYMS:
Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent, overbold.
USEFUL PHRASES :
impertinent tone = frecher Gesprächston
impertinent answer = freche Antwort
impertinent behaviour = freches Benehmen
An impertinent person is someone who exceeds the limits of propriety or good manners; or who is improperly forward or bold
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin impertinent-, impertinens, from Latin in- + pertinent-, pertinens, present participle of pertinEre to pertain
Date: 14th century
SYNONYMS:
Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent, overbold.
USEFUL PHRASES :
impertinent tone = frecher Gesprächston
impertinent answer = freche Antwort
impertinent behaviour = freches Benehmen
