From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1: gaffe /ɡˈaf/ Entgleisung <fem>, Taktlosigkeit <fem>, Fauxpas <masc> [geh.] , Ausrutscher Fettnäpfchen <neut> [ugs.] [soc.] Synonyms: faux pas, embarrassing blunder, embarrassing clanger see: put your foot in it with sb., put your foot in your mouth with sb., drop a brick/clanger, I really put my foot in it / in my mouth there!, I'm afraid he'll put his foot in it.
gaffe /ɡˈaf/ Entgleisung <fem>, Taktlosigkeit <fem>, Fauxpas <masc> [geh.] , Ausrutscher Fettnäpfchen <neut> [ugs.] [soc.] Synonyms: faux pas, embarrassing blunder, embarrassing clanger
see: put your foot in it with sb., put your foot in your mouth with sb., drop a brick/clanger, I really put my foot in it / in my mouth there!, I'm afraid he'll put his foot in it.
