Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| stupid adj. | dumm | ||||||
| asinine adj. | dumm | ||||||
| dense - stupid adj. | dumm | ||||||
| silly adj. | dumm | ||||||
| doltish adj. | dumm | ||||||
| ignorant - not knowing adj. | dumm | ||||||
| foolish adj. | dumm | ||||||
| simple adj. - foolish | dumm | ||||||
| dull adj. | dumm | ||||||
| fatuitous adj. | dumm | ||||||
| oafish adj. | dumm | ||||||
| inane adj. | dumm | ||||||
| lumpen adj. | dumm | ||||||
| thickheaded or: thick-headed adj. chiefly (Amer.) | dumm | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| mug (Brit.) [coll.] | der Dumme | die Dumme pl.: die Dummen | ||||||
| the stupidest thing | das Dümmste | ||||||
| monkeyshine sg., usually in plural: monkeyshines (Amer.) | dummer Streich | ||||||
| babbling idiot | dummer Schwätzer | ||||||
| blatherer | dummer Schwätzer | ||||||
| tiff [coll.] | dummer Streit | ||||||
| goof (Amer.) [coll.] | dummer Fehler | ||||||
| blather or: blether | dummes Geschwätz | ||||||
| twaddle [coll.] | dummes Geschwätz | ||||||
| drool (Amer.) [coll.] | dummes Geschwätz | ||||||
| goon - stupid person [coll.] chiefly (Amer.) | dumme Person | ||||||
| goose [fig.] [pej.] | dumme Gans [pej.] | ||||||
| dumb Dora [sl.] | dumme Gans | ||||||
| rum go chiefly (Brit.) [sl.] | dumme Geschichte | ||||||
| stupid cow [pej.] | dumme Kuh [pej.] | ||||||
| rum go chiefly (Brit.) [sl.] | dumme Sache | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| a silly thing | etwas Dummes | ||||||
| There's a sucker born every minute. (Amer.) [coll.] | Jeden Tag steht ein Dummer auf. | ||||||
| Shit happens! [coll.] [vulg.] | Dumm gelaufen! | ||||||
| Don't look like that! | Schau nicht so dumm! | ||||||
| Great minds think alike. | Zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke. [coll.] | ||||||
| Fortune favorsAE fools. Fortune favoursBE fools. | Dumme haben immer Glück | ||||||
| Fortune favorsAE fools. Fortune favoursBE fools. | Die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln. | ||||||
| Fortune favorsAE fools. Fortune favoursBE fools. | Die Dummen haben das Glück. | ||||||
| Some mothers do have them. | Die Dummen sterben nie aus. | ||||||
| There's a sucker born every minute. (Amer.) [coll.] | Die Dummen werden nicht alle. | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to feign ignorance | feigned, feigned | | sichacc. dumm stellen | stellte, gestellt | | ||||||
| to act the fool | sichacc. dumm stellen | stellte, gestellt | | ||||||
| to play possum | played, played | | sichacc. dumm stellen | stellte, gestellt | | ||||||
| to flame so. | flamed, flamed | - in electronic communications | jmdn. dumm anmachen | machte an, angemacht | | ||||||
| to show so. up | jmdn. dumm aussehen lassen | ||||||
| to babble | babbled, babbled | | dummes Zeug brabbeln | brabbelte, gebrabbelt | | ||||||
| to talk rubbish | dummes Zeug reden | redete, geredet | | ||||||
| to get into mischief | got, got/gotten | | auf dumme Gedanken kommen | kam, gekommen | | ||||||
| to babble | babbled, babbled | | dummes Zeug babbeln | babbelte, gebabbelt | [coll.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I know better. | So dumm bin ich nicht. | ||||||
| He knows a thing or two. | Er ist gar nicht so dumm. | ||||||
| that will keep you out of mischief | das wird dir deine dummen Gedanken austreiben | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| bummer, Bummer, dimmer, drummer, dumper, rummer, summer | Dimmer, Drumme, Drummer, Dumme, Dumper, Dämmer, Hummer, Kummer, Nummer, Summer |
Grammar |
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| Formen (Flexion) Die unflektierte Form von welcher ist welch. |
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