Verbs | |||||||
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| to suit | suited, suited | | taugen | taugte, getaugt | | ||||||
| to answer for sth. | answered, answered | | als etw.nom. taugen | taugte, getaugt | | ||||||
| to be good for sth. | was, been | | zu etw.dat. taugen | taugte, getaugt | | ||||||
| so. (or: sth.) is no use | jmd./etw. taugt nichts | ||||||
| so. (or: sth.) is no good | jmd./etw. taugt nichts | ||||||
| not to be much good | was, been | | nicht viel taugen | taugte, getaugt | | ||||||
| so. is useless | jmd.nom. taugt zu nichts | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to be no good | nichts taugen | ||||||
| sth. is not much cop - not very good, of poor quality (Brit.) | etw.nom. taugt nichts [coll.][fig.] | ||||||
| sth. is not much chop - not very good, of poor quality (Aust.; N.Z.) | etw.nom. taugt nichts [coll.][fig.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I'm no great shakes as a cook. | Ich tauge nicht zum Koch. | ||||||
| It isn't much good. | Es taugt nicht viel. | ||||||
| Substitutes are of no use to us. | Ersatz taugt nicht für uns. | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
|---|---|
| Augean, augend, Tauern, tauten | äugen, Augend, Laugen, laugen, Saugen, saugen, Stauen, stauen, tagein, tagen, Tauen, tauen, taufen, tragen, Tragen, trauen, Tugend |
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