Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| silly adj. | albern | ||||||
| silly adj. | dumm | ||||||
| silly adj. | töricht | ||||||
| silly adj. | affig | ||||||
| silly adj. | blöd or: blöde | ||||||
| silly adj. | unklug | ||||||
| silly adj. | doof [coll.] | ||||||
| silly adj. | einfältig | ||||||
| downright silly | ausgesprochen dumm | ||||||
| silly-ass adj. (Amer.) [coll.] | Schwachsinns... | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| silly [coll.] | Dummchen [coll.] | ||||||
| silly [coll.] | Dummerchen [coll.] | ||||||
| silly [coll.] | Dummerjan | ||||||
| a silly thing | eine blödsinnige Kleinigkeit | ||||||
| a silly thing | etwas Blödes | ||||||
| a silly thing | etwas Dummes | ||||||
| the silly season | die Saure-Gurken-Zeit or: Sauregurkenzeit pl.: die Saure-Gurken-Zeiten, die Sauregurkenzeiten | ||||||
| Don't be silly! | Mach keinen Quatsch! | ||||||
| Don't be silly! | Red keinen Unsinn! | ||||||
| That was a silly thing to do! | Das war blöd! | ||||||
| That was a silly thing to do! | Das war dumm! | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| silly joke | die Afferei pl.: die Affereien | ||||||
| silly person | der Kindskopf pl.: die Kindsköpfe | ||||||
| silly ass [coll.] | der Knallkopf pl.: die Knallköpfe [coll.] | ||||||
| silly ass [coll.] | der Dämlack pl.: die Dämlacks/die Dämlacke [coll.] | ||||||
| silly billy [coll.] | der Kindskopf pl.: die Kindsköpfe [coll.] | ||||||
| silly season (Aust.; Brit.) | das Sommerloch pl. | ||||||
| silly-billy (Brit.) [coll.] | das Dummerchen pl.: die Dummerchen [coll.] | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to feel silly | felt, felt | | sichdat. albern vorkommen | kam vor, vorgekommen | | ||||||
| to make so. look silly | jmdn. lächerlich machen | machte, gemacht | | ||||||
| sth. costs silly money infinitive: cost stupid money [coll.][fig.] | etw.nom. kostet ein Schweinegeld [coll.][fig.] | ||||||
| sth. costs silly money infinitive: cost silly money [coll.][fig.] | etw.nom. kostet irres Geld [coll.] | ||||||
| to pay silly money | paid, paid | [coll.][fig.] | ein Schweinegeld bezahlen | bezahlte, bezahlt | [coll.][fig.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| It's perfectly silly. | Es ist völlig töricht. | ||||||
| It was a silly thing to do | Es war blöd | ||||||
| It was a silly thing to do | Es war dumm | ||||||
| I was scared silly. [coll.] | Mir rutschte das Herz in die Hose. [coll.] | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
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| billy, dilly, filly, gilly, hilly, Sally, sally, Scilly, shill, silky, sill, silty, skill, skilly, slyly, spill, still, Still, stilly, sully, swill, willy | Spill, still |
Related search terms | |
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| daft, glaikit, simple, goofy, gormless, derpy, dopey, ditsy, ditzy, cockeyed, fat-headed, dopy, imbecile, inane, oafishly, fatuitous, oafish, footling, anserous, daffy | |
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