flunking

ˈflʌŋkɪŋ
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Translation of flunking into German

Adjective

1.

failure

USunsuccessful in an attempt or endeavorUS
gescheitert fehlgeschlagen
  • The flunking project was abandoned after several setbacks.Das gescheiterte Projekt wurde nach mehreren Rückschlägen aufgegeben.
2.

education

USfailing to achieve a passing gradeUS
durchgefallen gescheitert
  • The flunking student needed extra help to pass the class.Der durchgefallene Schüler brauchte zusätzliche Hilfe, um die Klasse zu bestehen.
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Synonyms and analogies of flunking in English

adj.failingunsuccessfulMore synonyms

Examples of flunking in a sentence

  • His flunking attempt at the competition was evident.
  • The flunking athlete was benched for poor performance.
  • Despite being a flunking candidate, she never gave up.
flunk
flʌŋk
Verb
1.

teacher

tr.USgive a student a failing gradetr.US
durchfallen lassen
  • The professor decided to flunk him for cheating.Der Professor beschloss, ihn wegen Schummelns durchfallen zu lassen.
2.

academic failure

tr./intr.USfail to reach the required standard in an examination or coursetr./intr.US
durchfallen
  • He flunked his math test despite studying hard..Er ist trotz intensiven Lernens in der Mathematikprüfung durchgefallen
Noun

academic failure

USfailure to reach a minimum required performanceUS
Durchfallen
  • Her flunk in chemistry surprised everyone.Ihr Durchfallen in Chemie überraschte alle.

Expressions with flunk: examples in English and translations in German

flunk outv.
durchfallen
von der Uni fliegen
He might flunk out if he doesn't study harder.

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

durchfallen

I'm flunking everything, and you'd know that if you paid any attention to me!

Ich lasse alles durchfallen, und das wüsstest du, wenn du auf mich aufpassen würdest!

durchfiel

That reminds me of flunking a test...

Und wie ich bei einer Arbeit durchfiel...

durchgefallen

I mean, practically flunking, missed 100 days of school, and you can barely spell the word "cat," but sure.

Ich meine, du bist praktisch durchgefallen, hast 100 Fehltage und du kannst kaum das Wort "Katze" buchstabieren, aber sicher.

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flunking: Examples and translations in context

I'm the one on the verge of flunking.

Ich bin diejenige, die kurz vorm Durchfallen steht.

So far he's flunking geometry.

Bisher sieht es so aus, als würde er in Geometrie durchfallen.

And as you are flunking each of your classes,

Weil Sie in jeder Klasse durchfallen,

Wait, are you flunking us?

Moment, lassen Sie uns durchfallen?

Talking about grading systems, what does it mean flunking an 8-year old child?

Wenn wir über Notensysteme sprechen: was bedeutet es, ein 8 jähriges Kind durchfallen zu lassen?

That's for flunking me.

Du hast mich durchfallen lassen.

I'm not flunking you.

Ich lasse dich nicht durchfallen.

She was flunking algebra and she was trying to figure out...

Sie ist in Mathe durchgefallen und hat sich überlegt...

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