| English | German | |
| proverb Silly questions, silly answers. | Auf dumme Fragen bekommt man dumme Antworten. | |
Partial Matches |
| questions and answers <Q&A> | Fragen {pl} und Antworten <F & A, F&A> | |
| games game of questions and answers | Frage-und-Antwort-Spiel {n} | |
| This throws up just as many questions as it answers. | Dies wirft ebenso viele Fragen auf, wie es beantwortet. | |
| to ask silly questions | dumme Fragen stellen | |
| answers | Erwiderungen {pl} | |
| sb. answers | jd. antwortet | |
| sb. answers | jd. beantwortet | |
| to amalgamate answers | Antworten zusammenfassen | |
| alternative answers | Auswahlantworten {pl} | |
| multiple answers | Mehrfachantworten {pl} | |
| possible answers | Antwortmöglichkeiten {pl} | |
| It answers my purpose. | Es dient meinem Ziel. | |
| It answers my purpose. | Es entspricht meinem Zweck. | |
| He answers to the description. | Die Beschreibung trifft auf ihn zu. | |
| idiom She has all the answers. | Sie hat Haare auf den Zähnen. | |
| The quality answers our purpose. | Die Qualität entspricht unserem Verwendungszweck. | |
| There are no pat answers. | Es gibt keine einfachen Antworten. | |
| psych. syndrome of approximate answers [Ganser syndrome] | Pseudodemenz {f} [(demonstratives) Vorbeiantworten auf einfache tägliche Fragen/Tatbestände, auch Vorbeidenken] | |
| foolish {adj} [silly] | äffisch [fig.] [albern] | |
| inane {adj} [silly] | geistlos [z. B. ein Gespräch ohne besonderen gedanklichen Gehalt] | |
| anserine {adj} [rare] [silly] | albern | |
| batrachomyomachia [silly altercation] | Froschmäusekrieg {m} | |
| cheese-headed {adj} [silly] | dumm | |
| eyewash [coll.] [silly nonsense] | Quatsch {m} [ugs.] | |
| eyewash [coll.] [silly nonsense] | Blödsinn {m} [ugs.] | |
| childish {adj} [pej.] [silly and immature] | kindisch [pej.] | |
| ditsy {adj} [esp. Am.] [sl.] [silly] | albern | |
| ditzy {adj} [esp. Am.] [sl.] [silly] | albern | |
| clot [Br.] [coll.] [silly person] | Knalltüte {f} [ugs.] [Blödmann] | |
| babyish {adj} [pej.] [silly and immature, childish] | kindisch [pej.] | |
| crazy {adj} [senseless, silly: suggestion, idea, etc.] | hirnrissig [ugs.] [pej.] [Vorschlag, Idee etc.] | |
| duffer [Br.] [coll.] [silly old man] | alter Trottel {m} | |
| twaddle [coll.] [silly idle talk, drivel] | Geschwurbel {n} [ugs.] [pej.] [inhaltsloses Reden, Geschwätz] | |
| crackbrained {adj} [coll.] [very silly, extremely foolish, crazy] | verrückt [ugs.] [überspannt, närrisch, hirnrissig] | |
| goon [esp. Br.] [coll.] [silly, foolish person] | Schafskopf {m} [leicht pej.] [Dummkopf] | |
| wally [Br.] [coll.] [silly or inept person] | Blödmann {m} [pej.] [Dummkopf, blöder Kerl] | |
| to fool around [play the fool, be silly] | dalbern [nordd.] [veraltend] | |
| to goof [esp. Am.] [coll.] [make a silly mistake] | einen dummen Fehler machen | |
| birdbrain [coll.] [silly or stupid person] [here: male] | Typ {m} mit (einem) Spatzengehirn [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| wally [Br.] [coll.] [pej.] [silly or inept person] | Idiot {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| to mess about [coll.] [behave in a silly way] | kälbern [ugs.] | |
| to mess around [coll.] [behave in a silly way] | kälbern [ugs.] | |
| to monkey around [coll.] [behave in a silly way] | albern | |
| bugger [esp. Br.] [offensive] [a silly or annoying man] | Scheißkerl {m} [widerlicher, gemeiner Kerl; Schimpfwort] | |
| dill [Aus.] [NZ] [coll.] [endearing term for a silly person] | Dummerle {n} [bes. südd.] | |
| twee {adj} [Br.] [pej.] [cute in a way that is silly or sentimental] | niedlich [hier pej.] [auf kitschige, gezierte oder lächerliche Weise 'goldig'] | |
| to go and do sth. [to be so thoughtless or silly as to do sth.] | so gedankenlos / unklug sein, etw. zu tun | |
| silly {adj} {adv} | absurd | |
| silly {adj} {adv} | albern | |
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