Translations for „duffer“ in the English » German Dictionary

duf·fer [ˈdʌfəʳ, Am -ɚ] N dated

duffer

Dummkopf m pej

to be a duffer at physics

eine Niete in Physik sein inf

I . duff [dʌf] ADJ Brit inf

duff (of bad quality)

schlecht

duff (of bad quality)

mies pej inf

duff idea

blöd

duff (broken)

kaputt

duff (useless)

nutzlos

duff (useless)

wertlos

II . duff [dʌf] N

1. duff BIOL:

duff

Rohhumus m

2. duff Am inf:

duff

Hintern m inf

get off your duff

beweg deinen Hintern sl

Phrases:

to be up the duff Brit sl

schwanger sein

III . duff [dʌf] VB trans Aus

to duff animals

Tiere stehlen und mit neuen Brandzeichen versehen

to duff sb

jdn bescheißen [o. abzocken] sl

to duff sth

etw abzocken sl

to duff sth

sich dat etw ergaunern (indem man Preisschilder vertauscht oder das Aussehen eines Gegenstandes so verändert, dass er billiger erscheint)

duff up VB trans Brit inf

to duff sb ⇆ up

jdn zusammenschlagen inf

duff N

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duff (soil) Am Scot

≈ Mulm m

duff (soil) Am Scot

humusartiger Waldboden

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be a duffer at physics

eine Niete in Physik sein inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Rather than being a bunch of well-meaning duffers led by pompous twits, most were former servicemen with sound military knowledge.

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It's quite scruffy in fact; from its dull black plastic body, to the embossed buttonry, it's a bit of a duffer.

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They know it's no good just getting old duffers to come and spruce up their tweed.

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So there would have been uncomfortable silences all round if the final product had been a duffer.

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And don't worry if you're a duffer; it's insulated well enough that cold or hot beverages keep their temperatures for up to five hours.

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He is an aspiring gang lord whose overall appearance is fairly don-like but is actually is quite a duffer.

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Duffer added that season 1 takes place over the course of just six or seven days.

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The duffers were caught after several months of tracking down the stolen beasts in hidden gullies around the area.

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But now the hipsters are channelling the duffers.

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The reports proved to be exaggerated, with gold only to be found in a small area and the field was labeled a duffer and the diggers moved elsewhere.

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