doting

ˈdoʊ.tɪŋ
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Translation of doting into German

Adjective

close relations

showing too much love, sometimes in a silly, overkind way
überfürsorglich überschwänglich liebend übermäßig liebevoll verzärtelnd
  • Her doting parents praised everything she did.Ihre überfürsorglichen Eltern lobten alles, was sie tat.
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Expressions with doting: examples in English and translations in German

verliebter alter Narr
alter Schwärmer
Everyone thought he was just a doting old fool.

Synonyms and analogies of doting in English

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Examples of doting in a sentence

  • His doting uncle bought him toys he didn’t really need.
dote
doʊt
Verb
intr.
1.

affection

show excessive love or fondness for someone
  • She dotes on her grandchildren every weekend.Sie verwöhnt ihre Enkelkinder jedes Wochenende.
2.

senility

Dated
become weak-minded or senile due to old age
Dated
tüddeln verwirrt werden senil werden
  • He began to dote as he reached his nineties.Er begann zu tüddeln, als er in die Neunziger kam.

Expressions with dote: examples in English and translations in German

jemanden verwöhnen
jemanden verhätscheln
She loves to dote on her grandchildren.
vernarrt sein in
She dotes over her grandchildren, always bringing them gifts.

Translations of "doting" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
vernarrtadj.

You seem like a smart guy, doting dad.

Sie scheinen ein schlauer Kerl zu sein, vernarrter Papa.

liebevolleadj.

His doting tendencies made him the favorite among his nieces and nephews.

Seine liebevolle Art machte ihn zum Favoriten unter seinen Nichten und Neffen.

fürsorglicheadj.

The doting aunt always knew just the right toy to bring for her nephews.

Die fürsorgliche Tante wusste immer genau, welches Spielzeug sie ihren Neffen mitbringen sollte.

liebevolladj.

Where are the children playing soccer, the best friends laughing over dinner, or the proud parents doting on their kids?

Wo sind die Kinder, die Fußball spielen, die Freunde, die beim Essen zusammen lachen, oder die stolzen Eltern, die sich liebevoll um ihre Kinder kümmern?

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Other translations for doting:

  • zärtlichadj.

doting: Examples and translations in context

Not as the doting aunt, as you initially promised.

Nicht die vernarrte Tante, wie du zunächst versprachst.

I am not some doting student with a schoolgirl crush.

Ich bin nicht irgendeine vernarrte Studentin mit einer Schülerinnenverliebtheit.

Our pageant attracts numerous children with doting parents and grandparents.

Unser Schönheitswettbewerb zieht viele Kinder und die in sie vernarrten Eltern und Großeltern an.

To all doting princes and noble knights, may you be armed with courage.

An alle vernarrten Prinzen und edlen Ritter, möget ihr mit Mut bewaffnet sein.

We four became fast friends, doting friends, inseparables.

Wir vier wurden schnell Freunde, vernarrte, unzertrennliche Freunde.

With pietros his ever doting wife?

Mit Pietros, seiner immer vernarrten Frau?

He had a doting nature, always worrying about the well-being of his friends.

Er hatte eine liebevolle Art und sorgte sich immer um das Wohl seiner Freunde.

The doting family took their elderly neighbor on picnics and kept her company.

Die liebevolle Familie nahm ihre betagte Nachbarin mit auf Picknicks und leistete ihr Gesellschaft.

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