Translations for „truant“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . tru·ant [ˈtru:ənt] N

truant

Schulschwänzer(in) m (f) inf

to play truant [from school] esp Brit, Aus

[die Schule] schwänzen inf

II . tru·ant [ˈtru:ənt] ADJ inv

truant children:

truant

schwänzend

III . tru·ant [ˈtru:ənt] VB intr esp Brit, Aus

truant

[die Schule] schwänzen inf

ˈtru·ant of·fic·er N dated

truant officer

Beamter/Beamtin einer Schulbehörde, der/die Schulschwänzer wieder in die Schule zurückbringt

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to play truant [from school] esp Brit, Aus

[die Schule] schwänzen inf

to play truant [from school] Brit

schwänzen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The judge, chief of police, school inspector and truant officer were all against the school.

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He was a truant student and the mullah (teacher) often had to seek him out in the streets, drag him to school, and punish him.

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Due to this same eccentric nature, he developed a reputation for playing truant at concerts, often turning up late (or not at all).

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The two became friends and often played truant together.

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Once he discovered tennis, he lost interest in school and began a troubled adolescence in which he was occasionally pursued by truant officers and policemen.

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In 1850, most of the dread was harbored by school-aged children, as he was also an appointed truant officer.

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Two thirds of students were also reported as being chronically truant.

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In 1999, he supported a proposal to rehire the city's truant officers.

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She becomes concerned when he drinks vodka and truants from school.

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Measures are other names for this phenomenon - vote in the dark, truant voting, multiple voting, vote for himself and for the guy, piano voting, pianism.

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