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Dictionary English → German: futile

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English

German

edit	ADJ	futile \| more futile \| most futile
	SYNO	futile \| ineffectual \| otiose ...
	futile \| ineffectual \| otiose \| unavailing bootless \| fruitless \| futile \| sleeveless \| vain © Princeton University

ADJ

edit

futile {adj}

4253

nutzlos

futile {adj}

3085

vergeblich

futile {adj}

1810

sinnlos

futile {adj}

1169

zwecklos

futile {adj}

200

unnütz

futile {adj}

153

nichtig

futile {adj}

150

aussichtslos [nutzlos]

futile {adj}

107

umsonst [nur prädikativ] [vergeblich]

futile {adj}

unerheblich

futile {adj}

müßig [geh.] [nutzlos]

spec. futile {adj}

futil [bildungsspr., sonst veraltet] [nichtig]

2 Words

futile attempt

vergeblicher Versuch {m}

3 Words

Resistance is futile.

Widerstand ist zwecklos.

idiom sth. is futile theory

etw. ist Hirnwichserei [vulg.]

That is futile.

Das ist vergebliche Liebesmüh. [ugs.]

That is futile.

Das ist vergebliche Liebesmühe. [ugs.]

That is futile.

Das ist verlorene Liebesmüh. [ugs.]

That is futile.

Das ist verlorene Liebesmühe. [ugs.]

Fiction (Literature and Film)

mus. F Ah! how fleeting, ah how futile

Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig [J. S. Bach, BWV 26]

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A 2016-06-02: Futile
A 2016-02-15: undecided voters ; pointless exercises / a mere crystal-gazing / futile pr...
A 2013-07-19: futile exercise / for the bin .... ?
A 2012-06-10: Agree with romy and Joanne. "Credit" has a double meaning and excluding th...
A 2012-05-30: Thanks. My chief editor says there won't be any changes whatsoever, so for...
A 2012-01-03: @Sunfunlili - yeah, but "rumräumen" implies that it's all futile and leads...
A 2009-04-21: It is a (mild, futile, stupid) attempt at humor.
A 2008-11-13: Well, they never noticed - and the whole exercise is perfectly futile in t...
A 2008-09-26: futile expenditure for working on X
A 2008-06-15: Maybe: pointless, futile, to no avail
Q 2008-04-17: blames the insecurity in Helmand for making life a misery, and his wealth ...
A 2008-03-24: Oh, so far - thanks! (I gave up on clicking on the numbers after 2 futile tries)
A 2007-07-08: @Jim...noooo.....the Borg said futile....I thought it fitted the bill nicely:-)
A 2007-07-08: Resistance is futile
A 2007-07-08: Capt. Picard and the Borg....resistance is futile...a literary reference
A 2006-02-19: last ray/gleam/flicker of hope, desperate/futile

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