Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| lazy adj. | faul | ||||||
| addled adj. - of an egg | faul | ||||||
| rotten adj. | faul | ||||||
| idle adj. | faul | ||||||
| slothful adj. | faul | ||||||
| decayed adj. | faul | ||||||
| sluggardly adv. | faul | ||||||
| dronish adj. | faul | ||||||
| faineant adj. | faul | ||||||
| lazily adv. | faul | ||||||
| slothfully adv. | faul | ||||||
| sluggish adj. | faul | ||||||
| dud adj. | faul | ||||||
| feeble adj. | faul | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| faul | |||||||
| faulen (Verb) | |||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to rot | rotted, rotted | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to putrefy | putrefied, putrefied | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to decay | decayed, decayed | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to digest | digested, digested | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to loll (about (or: around)) | lolled, lolled | | faul herumsitzen | saß herum, herumgesessen | | ||||||
| to addle | addled, addled | | faul werden | wurde, geworden/worden | | ||||||
| to lounge around | lounged, lounged | | faul herumliegen | lag herum, herumgelegen | | ||||||
| to addle sth. | addled, addled | | etw.acc. faul werden lassen | ||||||
| to fiddle with money | fiddled, fiddled | | faule Geschäfte machen | machte, gemacht | | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| monkey business | fauler Zauber | ||||||
| lame excuse | faule Ausrede | ||||||
| rotten egg | faules Ei | ||||||
| bad egg | faules Ei | ||||||
| foul water | faules Wasser | ||||||
| bad loan | faules Darlehen | ||||||
| punk | faules Holz | ||||||
| cop-out [coll.] | faule Ausrede [coll.] | ||||||
| flim-flam or: flimflam [coll.] - swindle | fauler Zauber | ||||||
| hanky panky [coll.] | fauler Zauber | ||||||
| bad loan [FINAN.] | fauler Kredit | ||||||
| bad debt [FINAN.] | faule Kredite | ||||||
| nonperformingAE loan [abbr.: NPL] [FINAN.] non-performingBE loan [abbr.: NPL] [FINAN.] | faule Kredite | ||||||
| toxic assets [FINAN.] | faule Vermögenswerte | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| there is sth. fishy about sth. | an einer Sache ist etwas faul | ||||||
| That's a bit fishy. | Da ist was faul dran. | ||||||
| a shady business | ein fauler Zauber | ||||||
| to laze about | lazed, lazed | (Brit.) | auf der faulen Haut liegen | ||||||
| to laze around | lazed, lazed | | auf der faulen Haut liegen | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| auld, caul, fail, fall, falx, fault, faun, faux, foal, foul, fuel, full, furl, Gaul, haul, maul | Aula, fahl, falb, Fall, Falz, Faun, Faux, flau, Foul, Frau, Fuel, Gaul, Maul, Pfau |
Grammar |
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| ober ober + faul |
| mit Umlaut lang + e |
| ohne Umlaut faul + ig |
| Adjektiv zu Adjektiv faul + ig |
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