GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Nichtigkeit

nullity; legal invalidity

Im Seminar unterschied die Dozentin die Nichtigkeit eines Vertrags von dessen bloßer Anfechtbarkeit, weil die Begriffe im Alltag häufig durcheinandergeraten.

In the seminar, the lecturer distinguished a contract's being void from its merely being voidable, because the terms are often confused in everyday life.

triviality; trifle

Über solche Nichtigkeiten wollten wir uns nach dem Krankenhausaufenthalt nicht mehr streiten, doch im Alltag erwies sich dieser Vorsatz als erstaunlich schwierig.

After the hospital stay, we no longer wanted to argue about such trivialities, but in everyday life this resolution proved surprisingly difficult to keep.

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