fool around

fuːl əˈraʊnd
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Translation of fool around into German

Phrasal verb

intr.
1.

productivity

waste time doing unimportant things
  • Stop fooling around and get to work.!Hör auf, Zeit zu verschwenden, und mach dich an die Arbeit.
2.

playful behavior

engage in playful or silly activities
  • The kids love to fool around in the park.Die Kinder lieben es, im Park herumzualbern.
3.

adultery

Rare
have an affair outside marriage
Rare
  • She discovered he was fooling around with a colleague.Sie entdeckte, dass er mit einer Kollegin herumtrieb.
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Synonyms and analogies of fool around in English

Examples of fool around in a sentence

  • He likes to fool around with gadgets in his free time.
  • They like to fool around during meetings.
  • Stop fooling around and finish your homework.
  • Rumors spread that he was fooling around with his neighbor.
  • She suspected her partner was fooling around again.

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

Verb
rummachenv.

We were gonna get drunk and fool around behind your dad's manger scene.

Wir wollen uns betrinken und hinter der Krippe deines Vaters rummachen.

herumalbernv.

Let's not fool around and focus on what really matters.

Lass uns nicht herumalbern und uns auf das konzentrieren, was wirklich wichtig ist.

herumtollenv.

Babe I just want to fool around,

Babe Ich möchte nur herumtollen,

rumalbernv.

Yes. I told them you two are very close and that's how you usually fool around...

Ja. Ich sagte ihnen, dass Sie sich nahestehen und immer rumalbern...

spaßenv.

Maybe, but I don't fool around.

Vielleicht, aber mit mir ist nicht zu spaßen.

Noun
derBlödsinnnm.

Sometimes we just fool around and enjoy the warm sun rays.

Manchmal machen wir auch bloß Blödsinn und genießen die warmen Sonnenstrahlen.

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fool around: Examples and translations in context

You know, you used to love to fool around in the nice ones.

Weißt du, früher hast du gerne in den schicken Häusern rumgemacht.

Well, not if we fool around together.

Nicht, wenn wir zusammen rummachen.

Hey, you want to go upstairs and fool around?

Wir könnten nach oben gehen und rummachen.

So you wanna fool around on the couch?

Und, willst du auf der Couch rummachen?

Can we still fool around on the phone sometimes?

Können wir trotzdem manchmal am Telefon rummachen?

Did you ever fool around on a boat?

Hast du mal auf einem Boot rumgemacht?

Suddenly you don't want to fool around?

Und jetzt willst du nicht mal rummachen?

After a few drinks, we all started to fool around and have some fun.

Nach ein paar Drinks fingen wir alle an, herumzualbern und Spaß zu haben.

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