Translations for „doddery“ in the English » German Dictionary

dod·dery [ˈdɒdəri, Am ˈdɑ:dɚi] ADJ inf

doddery

zittrig

doddery

tattrig inf

a doddery old man

ein Tattergreis m

a doddery [old] fool

ein vertrottelter [alter] Opa pej inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a doddery old man

ein Tattergreis m

a doddery [old] fool

ein vertrottelter [alter] Opa pej inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But he's never been shown - until now - as a doddery has-been suffering a severe loss of his marbles!

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Perhaps this will get round to all councils that doddery old fools who make up most council committees should not oppose schemes where applicants have followed the councils rules.

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One in 20 admitted they had shopped a much older friend or relative amid fears their doddery driving would cause an accident behind the wheel.

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Against a backdrop of overbearing security, deployed in a vain attempt to stifle the political storm that would change the world, doddery old men did their best to appear statesmanlike.

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The author puts in a meta-fictive appearance as a slightly doddery, repetitive narrator.

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Who thought having an 82-year-old doddery actor speak to an empty chair was good politics?

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It's rough around the edges, with capricious lock-on and a doddery camera, but it's gratifying and fun.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sharp, erudite and quick as a flash, he is about as far off a doddery near-octogenerian as it is possible to be.

www.irishmirror.ie

Mastermind of terror... or a doddery old fool?

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Studies of attitudes towards ageing show that talking about ageing in certain ways (frail, infirm, doddery) makes those people act in that way.

www.stuff.co.nz