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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