engelska-holländska översättning av irony

ironie
Als u geen ironie begrijpt, wel, dan is dat jammer. If you are all unable to understand irony, I am sorry. Ik sta hier in elk geval met het nodige gevoel van ironie. I stand here, in any case, with the requisite sense of irony. Ik moet zeggen dat de ironie hiervan mij niet ontgaat. I have to say that the irony of this is not lost on me.
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A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play
The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way
Of or pertaining to the metal iron

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