stundenlang
Word details
- German meaning
- Etwas basteln, reparieren oder zusammenfügen, oft mit Geschick und Geduld, aber nicht unbedingt professionell.
- English meaning
- To tinker, repair, or assemble something, often with skill and patience, but not necessarily professionally.
- Synonym
- basteln, werkeln
- German example
- Er hat stundenlang an dem alten Radio gefriemelt, bis es wieder funktionierte.
- English example
- He tinkered with the old radio for hours until it worked again.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich frickle du frickelst er/sie/es ich frickelt wir frickeln ihr frickelet sie frickeln
- Past Participle
- ich habe gefrickelt du hast gefrickelt er/sie/es hat gefrickelt wir haben gefrickelt ihr habt gefrickelt sie haben gefrickelt
- Past
- ich frickelte du frickeltest er/sie/es frickelte wir frickelten ihr frickeltet sie frickelten
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- Puppenstube
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- Beschuss
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- Vernehmung
Interrogation
- Zeitvergeudung
Waste of time
- Knobelspiel
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- Modelleisenbahn
Model railway
- babbeln
To chatter, to babble
- gecken
To preen
- tagelang
For days
- vakuumisoliert
Vacuum-insulated
- mehrstündig
Several hours long
- entnervt
Annoyed
- herumquasseln
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- Zeitverschwendung
Waste of time
- Autogrammjäger
Autograph hunter
- Schwätzer
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- Marter
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- Wimmelbild
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- Teewärmer
Tea cosy
- Professorchen
Petty professor
- debattieren
to debate
- tüfteln
Tinker
- drillen
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- schwafeln
To prattle, to babble
- schwatzen
To chat, to gossip
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- herumdoktern
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- Affenschaukel
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- Langmut
Patience, forbearance
- Butterfaß
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Piano keyboard
- Schnacker
Chatterbox
- Tauchanzug
Diving suit
- quatschen
Chat
- philosophieren
to philosophize
- quasseln
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- kreißen
To be in labor
- schmoren
to braise, to stew
- wursteln
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Veal shank