fiddle around

ˈfɪdəl əˈraʊnd
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Translation of fiddle around into German

Phrasal verb

intr.
1.

waste time

UK
spend time doing unimportant things
UK
  • He likes to fiddle around instead of working.Er trödelt gerne herum, anstatt zu arbeiten.
2.

manipulation

UK
manipulate or tamper with something
UK
  • She fiddled around with the settings on her computer to improve its speed..Sie hat an den Einstellungen ihres Computers herumgefummelt, um die Geschwindigkeit zu verbessern
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Expressions with fiddle around: examples in English and translations in German

herumfummeln
She fiddled around with the radio until it worked.

Synonyms and analogies of fiddle around in English

Examples of fiddle around in a sentence

  • He spent the afternoon fiddling around with his gadgets.
  • He likes to fiddle around with old radios.
  • Don't fiddle around with the lock, it's fragile.

Translations of "fiddle around" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
herumspielenv.

You will never have to fiddle around to try and find the best setting.

Sie müssen nie herumspielen, um die beste Einstellung zu finden.

We can fiddle around with it while the guards are away. Reward

Wir können damit herumspielen, während die Wächter weg sind. Belohnung

fummelnv.

Just fiddle around with the dials there.

Nur, uh, fummeln Sie ruhig an den Reglern rum.

So fiddle around, drink coffee, dawdle...

Also fummeln, Kaffee trinken, trödeln.Dann...

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Other translations for fiddle around:

  • herumfummelnv.
  • herumtrödelnv.

fiddle around: Examples and translations in context

She loves to fiddle around with her hair, creating different styles every day.

Sie liebt es, mit ihren Haaren herumzuspielen und jeden Tag verschiedene Frisuren zu kreieren.

While I waited for the bus, I decided to fiddle around with my keys.

Während ich auf den Bus wartete, beschloss ich, mit meinen Schlüsseln herumzuspielen.

She decided to fiddle around with the old radio to see if it would work.

Sie entschied sich, mit dem alten Radio herumzuspielen, um zu sehen, ob es funktioniert.

While the first few seconds is a good time to fiddle around with settings and settle onto one, it also is the grace period where the fireworks display is not engulfed by smoke.

Die ersten Sekunden eignen sich gut, um mit den Einstellungen herumzuspielen und die besten auszuwählen, doch zugleich haben Sie in dieser Zeit eine Schonfrist, in der noch nicht das ganze Feuerwerk in Qualm gehüllt ist.

This means that you have to edit the file name (and fiddle around with the keyboard) each time you save a file.

Dies bedeutet, dass man den Dateinamen jedes Mal bearbeiten muss (und mit der Tastatur herumspielen müssen), wenn man eine Datei speichern möchte.

Sometimes of course you have something to fiddle around to arrange everything to fit, but you get the point already.

Manchmal muss man natürlich etwas fummeln um alles passend anzuordnen, aber das bekommt man schon hin.

Cindy and Sheila still fiddle around in them and make fun of her boss.

Cindy und Sheila fummeln dann noch an sich herum und machen sich ueber ihren Chef lustig.

Why do people want to fiddle around with the nonessentials?

Warum wollen die Menschen mit unwesentlichen Dingen herumspielen?

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