s. #8 dieses alten Fadens - in Richtung "beiläufig", "wegwerfend", "nonchalant"

Usually with a hyphen: "off-hand".

Can mean slightly different things depending on context, but normally goes in the direction of "impolite"/"rude" but not always quite as strong.

Often used in phrasing like "to make an off-hand remark", like in your context.

"Off-hand" sort of means "gedankenlos/ohne Umsicht eine Bemerkung fallen lassen". Kind of "unhöflich".

Hey weißnix ^^

I think "non-chalant" and "beiläufig" are very close to the intended meaning of "off-hand". I find "ungezogen" very strange as a translation. It's more like "impolite"/"stand-offish" than it is "ungezogen"...

(although people who are impolite or rude are naturally also probably "ungezogen" lol)

I would say offhand and noncahalant are not hyphenated - http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definiti...

Duden even gives a comprehensive list of synonyms:

frech, garstig, unartig, ungeraten; (familiär) böse; (abwertend) flegelhaft, flegelig, lümmelhaft, rüpelhaft, rüpelig

Failte Vulthoom :-)

"ungezogen" is actually in use as a polite expression for "rude", "impolite", see above...

(I use hyphens much too often). I do use a hyphen with off-hand though, but that's personal preference. I've seen off-hand with and without a hyphen. Both are find to me, but most dictionaries seem to favour "offhand".

#7: Good to know that "ungezogen" can be used to describe impoliteness in adults. I had no idea. I thought it was reserved to describe ungovernable children.

#7: Probably off-topic, but what is "failte"?

[Edit: Oh, I was just informed that it's Gaelic for "you're welcome", sorry. I am a Scot, but my knowledge of Gaelic is shameful at best. I have an uncle who speaks Gaelic, but he's the last living relative of mine that can string a sentence together and understand spoken and written Gaelic. Thanks weißnix ^^]

Ansonsten stimme ich zu, dass "ungezogen" hier nicht passt.

Ich würde vorschlagen:

1. ... warf sie beläufig ein.

2. ... warf sie gedankenlos ein.

3. ... warf sie wegwerfend ein

4. ... warf sie verächtlich ein.

Gestaffelt, von oben nach unten, je nachdem, wie viel und welche Emotion das Englische hier im Kontext hergibt!

Edit: Ach ja, das "einwerfen" passt natürlich auch nur, wenn die "Umgebung" stimmt. :)