Translation of "hair-splitting" into German

Haarspalterei, Wortklauberei, pedantisch are the top translations of "hair-splitting" into German.

hair-splitting noun grammar

(idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people. [..]

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  • Haarspalterei

    noun feminine

    the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent

    We will not let legal hair-splitting about immunity get in our way.

    Wir könnten uns durch juristische Haarspalterei über Immunitäten aufhalten lassen, tun es aber nicht. Natürlich rufen derartige neue Schritte Kontroversen hervor.

  • Wortklauberei

    noun feminine

  • pedantisch

    adjective

  • Less frequent translations

    • spitzfindig
    • Erbsenzählerei
    • Sophisterei
    • Spitzfindigkeit
    • haarspalterisch

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