Figurative

"Figurative" in German

bilderreich

(with many figures of speech)

bildlich

(metaphorical; not literal)

figürlich

(metaphorical; not literal)

im übertragenen Sinne

(metaphorically so called)

metaphorisch

(metaphorical; not literal)

sinnbildlich

(emblematic)

symbolisch

(metaphorical; not literal)

symbolisch

(emblematic)

uneigentlich

(metaphorical; not literal)

verblümt

(metaphorical; not literal)

übertragen

(metaphorical; not literal)

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