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Die Ironie
Die Ironie is saying the opposite of what you mean and trusting the listener to notice. It is milder and less hostile than Sarkasmus. Ironie des Schicksals is the fixed phrase for the irony of fate.
Examples in context
Am Telefon geht Ironie fast immer verloren.
On the phone irony is almost always lost.
Er sagte es mit einer Spur von Ironie.
He said it with a trace of irony.
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