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Dictionary English → German: folly

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German

edit	NOUN	a folly \| follies
	SYNO	folly \| foolishness \| unwiseness ...
	folly \| foolishness \| unwiseness craziness \| folly \| foolishness \| madness betise \| folly \| foolishness \| imbecility \| stupidity craziness \| folly \| foolery \| indulgence \| lunacy \| tomfoolery © Princeton University

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folly

1683

Torheit {f} [geh.]

folly

1335

Unsinn {m}

folly

525

Verrücktheit {f}

folly

275

Narrheit {f}

folly

Aberwitz {m} [geh.] [völliger Unsinn]

folly

Eselei {f}

folly [foolishness]

Narrentum {n} [selten]

folly [Br.] [building]

reiner Zierbau {m}

folly [building]

nutzloser Prunkbau {m}

2 Words

lit. folly literature

Narrenliteratur {f}

archi. folly-turret [Br.]

Zierturm {m}

geogr. hist. Seward's Folly [also: Seward's Icebox] [former nicknames for Alaska]

Sewards Dummheit / Unsinnigkeit {f} [auch: Sewards Eisschrank] [frühere Spitznamen für Alaska]

supreme folly

äußerste Torheit {f}

3 Words

piece of folly

Tollheit {f} [Dummheit]

piece of folly

Torheit {f} [geh.]

4 Words

the height of folly

der Gipfel {m} der Torheit [geh.]

5+ Words

It would be folly to ...

Es wäre töricht, ...

quote Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. [Thomas Gray]

Wo Nichtwissen Seligkeit, ist es Torheit, klug zu sein.

to recur to the same folly

zur selben Torheit zurückkehren

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River [Joseph Conrad]

Almayers Luftschloss [auch: Almayers Wahn]

lit. F Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River [Joseph Conrad]

Almayers Wahn

lit. F Dead Man's Folly [Agatha Christie]

Wiedersehen mit Mrs. Oliver

lit. F In Praise of Folly [Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus / of Rotterdam]

Lob der Torheit [Erasmus von Rotterdam]

lit. F Miss Redmond's Folly [April Kihlstrom]

Gefährliche Liebesbriefe

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A 2015-05-31: Not a castle, but a folly, nevertheless ...
A 2012-03-14: a folly on top, an optional folly, extra bells and whistles
A 2011-11-03: tomfoolery or folly?
A 2009-04-17: A shame that google is heir to human folly.
Q 2008-12-25: ..decks the halls with boughs of folly..
Q 2008-09-18: Nochmals: financiers' folly
A 2008-01-27: Although beseeched, Claire defied Edward's folly, granted his innocence, j...
A 2008-01-27: Although beseeched, Claire defied Edward's folly, granted his innocence, j...
A 2007-01-31: Olly, it is folly ...
A 2006-11-16: the folly of fall :-)
A 2006-01-24: I only know Narretei = folly
A 2005-01-25: Folly. . .

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