fauler - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Possible base forms

fauler
faul (Adjective)

Adjectives / Adverbs

lazy  adj.	faul
addled  adj.   - of an egg	faul
rotten  adj.	faul
idle  adj.	faul
slothful  adj.	faul
decayed  adj.	faul
dronish  adj.	faul
faineant  adj.	faul
sluggish  adj.	faul
dud  adj.	faul
feeble  adj.	faul
flimsy  adj.	faul
shiftless  adj.	faul
bad  adj.	faul

Nouns

monkey business	fauler Zauber
flim-flam   or: flimflam [coll.]   - swindle	fauler Zauber
hanky panky [coll.]	fauler Zauber
bad loan [FINAN.]	fauler Kredit
ugly customer [FINAN.]	fauler Kunde
defaulting customer [FINAN.]	fauler Kunde   [Banking]
bad check^AE [FINAN.]; bad cheque^BE [FINAN.]	fauler Scheck   [Banking]
lazy bastard [sl.]	fauler Sack [sl.]
lazy bugger (Brit.) [sl.]	fauler Sack [sl.]
idle skitter (Brit.) [coll.]	fauler Sack [sl.]
lame excuse	faule Ausrede
rotten egg	faules Ei
bad egg	faules Ei
foul water	faules Wasser

Verbs

to addle sth.  | addled, addled |	etw.^acc. faul werden lassen
to fiddle with money  | fiddled, fiddled |	faule Geschäfte machen  | machte, gemacht |

Phrases / Collocations

a shady business	ein fauler Zauber
there is sth. fishy about sth.	an einer Sache ist etwas faul
That's a bit fishy.	Da ist was faul dran.
to laze about  | lazed, lazed | (Brit.)	auf der faulen Haut liegen
to laze around  | lazed, lazed |	auf der faulen Haut liegen

Orthographically similar words

falter, fuller, hauler

Fäule, Phalera, Falter, Faulen, faulen