German Meaning of mystery

Geheimnis

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Definitions and Meaning of mystery in English

Wordnet

mystery (n)

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

Webster

mystery (a.)

Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.

A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension.

A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries.

The consecrated elements in the eucharist.

Webster

mystery (n.)

A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied.

A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.

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Geheimnis

something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained, a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movieAnything artfully made

Rätsel,Puzzle,Rätsel,geheim,Herausforderung,geschlossenes Buch,Rätsel,Frage,Mystifikation,Verblüffung

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mysterizing => rätselhaft, mysterized => mystifiziert, mysterize => mystifizieren, mysteriousness => Geheimnisvollheit, mysteriously => geheimnisvoll,