stundenlang
for hours
English translations
- 01
for hours
- 02
hourly
Word details
- German meaning
- Stundenlang bedeutet über einen Zeitraum von mehreren Stunden.
- English meaning
- For hours means for a period of several hours.
- Synonym
- stundenweise, lange
- German example
- Wir haben stundenlang über das Problem diskutiert. Sie wartete stundenlang auf den Bus.
- English example
- We discussed the problem for hours. She waited for the bus for hours.
Related words
- herumquasseln
Herumquasseln means to talk incessantly and trivially.
- Schreibtisch
Desk
- Fakir
fakir
- Beschuss
Shelling
- Affenschaukel
Monkey bars
- Zeitvergeudung
Waste of time
- Butterfaß
A butter churn is a traditional vessel for making butter by churning cream.
- Klaviertastatur
Piano keyboard
- Schnacker
Chatterbox
- Modelleisenbahn
Model railway
- tüfteln
Tinker
- quatschen
Chat
- philosophieren
to philosophize
- quasseln
To chatter
- kreißen
To be in labor
- schmoren
to braise, to stew
- schwatzen
To chat, to gossip
- kapitulieren
to surrender
- doktern
To tinker, to fiddle
- fachsimpeln
To talk shop
- tagelang
For days
- vierstündig
Four-hourly means that something lasts for four hours or takes place every four hours.
- frickeln
To tinker, repair, or assemble something, often with skill and patience, but not necessarily professionally.
- vakuumisoliert
Vacuum-insulated
- Paradiddle
A paradiddle is a drum rudiment, a specific sequence of strokes used as a rhythmic exercise or in a drum solo.
- Quasselstrippe
Chatterbox
- Zeitverschwendung
Waste of time
- Vernehmung
Interrogation
- Marter
Torment, torture
- Teewärmer
Tea cosy
- Langmut
Patience, forbearance
- Professorchen
Petty professor
- Tauchanzug
Diving suit
- schwafeln
To prattle, to babble
- babbeln
To chatter, to babble
- wursteln
To tinker
- gecken
To preen
- herumdoktern
To tinker around, to fiddle with
- mehrstündig
Several hours long
- eytel
Vain means excessively proud of oneself, especially of one's appearance.
- entnervt
Annoyed
- Kalbshaxe
Veal shank
- Puppenstube
Dollhouse
- Autogrammjäger
Autograph hunter
- Schwätzer
Chatterbox
- Wimmelbild
A hidden picture is a picture that contains many small details and figures, allowing the viewer to spend a long time looking at it and constantly discover new things.
- Knobelspiel
Brain teaser, puzzle game
Example sentences with “stundenlang”
Wir haben stundenlang geredet. (We talked for hours.)
Frequently asked questions
Is it an adverb or adjective?
It can function as both, describing an action lasting for hours.