fooled

fuːld
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Translation of fooled into German

Adjective

deception

deceived or tricked by someone
  • She felt fooled by his lies.Sie fühlte sich durch seine Lügen getäuscht.
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Expressions with fooled: examples in English and translations in German

jemanden hinters Licht führen
jemanden getäuscht haben
His calm smile had everyone fooled about how nervous he really was.
Das hätte ich nicht gedacht
You could have fooled me, I thought it was impossible.

Synonyms and analogies of fooled in English

adj.bamboozleddeceivedtrickedMore synonyms

Examples of fooled in a sentence

  • They were fooled by the magician's tricks.
fool
fuːl
Noun
1.

poor judgment

person with poor judgment or little intelligence
  • He acted like a fool at the meeting.Er benahm sich wie ein Dummkopf bei der Besprechung.
2.

dupe

person who has been tricked or deceived
  • She felt like a fool after the prank.Sie fühlte sich wie ein Narr nach dem Streich.
Verb
1.

deception

tr.
trick or deceive someone to make them believe something false
tr.
  • She tried to fool him with a fake story.Sie versuchte, ihn mit einer erfundenen Geschichte zu täuschen.
2.

playfulness

intr.
act in a silly or playful way without seriousness
intr.
  • They were fooling around in the park.Sie alberten im Park herum.
Adjective

unwise

not sensible or showing poor judgment
  • Wearing shorts in the snow is a fool choice.Kurze Hosen im Schnee zu tragen ist eine törichte Entscheidung.

Expressions with fool: examples in English and translations in German

herumalbern
Stop fool about and help me with this.
herumtrödeln
Zeit verschwenden
Stop fooling around and get to work.!
herumalbern
herumblödeln
They like to fool round during lunch breaks.
kein Dummkopf
She is nobody's fool in business.
sich wie ein Narr fühlen
sich schämen
After the mistake, he felt like a fool in front of everyone.
dazu bringen
überlisten
She fooled him into signing the contract.

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

Adjective / Participle
getäuschtadj.

The con artist had them fooled into signing a completely one-sided contract.

Der Betrüger hatte sie getäuscht und zu einem völlig einseitigen Vertrag überredet.

reingelegtpp.

Don't trust that flimflam artist; he's fooled half the neighborhood already.

Vertrau diesem Hochstapler nicht, er hat schon den halben Stadtteil reingelegt.

zum Narren gehaltenpp.

He's got 'em all fooled except for her.

Er hat sie alle zum Narren gehalten, bis auf sie.

betrogenadj./pp.

The elaborate scheme made the witnesses feel fooled and helpless.

Das ausgeklügelte Schema ließ die Zeugen sich betrogen und hilflos fühlen.

verarschtadj./pp.

I feel excluded, fooled and treated like a second class citizen.

Ich fühle mich ausgeschlossen, verarscht und behandelt wie ein Mensch zweiter Klasse.

ausgetrickstpp.

But you have to admit, I had you fooled for a while.

Aber du musst schon zugeben, für eine Weile habe ich dich ausgetrickst.

hereingelegtadj.

Her bamboozlement was so clever that even the experienced detectives were fooled.

Ihre Täuschung war so raffiniert, dass selbst die erfahrenen Detektive hereingelegt wurden.

hinters Licht geführtpp.

After the reveal, she was left feeling completely fooled by their act.

Nach der Enthüllung fühlte sie sich von ihrer Vorstellung komplett hinters Licht geführt.

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fooled: Examples and translations in context

Being fooled can happen to anyone, even the smartest person.

Getäuscht zu werden kann jedem passieren, sogar dem klügsten Menschen.

For years, he had his colleagues fooled about his real educational background.

Jahrelang hatte er seine Kollegen über seinen tatsächlichen Bildungsweg getäuscht.

He had me fooled for weeks, pretending he didn't understand the project.

Er hatte mich wochenlang getäuscht, indem er vorgab, das Projekt nicht zu verstehen.

The advertisement had many customers fooled into believing the product worked miracles.

Die Werbung hatte viele Kunden getäuscht und sie glaubten, das Produkt wirke Wunder.

The magician had the audience fooled with that impossible-looking card trick.

Der Zauberkünstler hatte das Publikum mit diesem unmöglich wirkenden Kartentrick getäuscht.

You certainly had a lot of other people fooled, though.

Auf jeden Fall haben Sie eine Menge Leute getäuscht, zugegeben.

The friendly smile had me fooled; I didn't suspect his selfish intentions.

Das freundliche Lächeln hatte mich getäuscht; ich ahnte nichts von seinen egoistischen Absichten.

The prankster's use of misdirection fooled everyone, creating hilarious misunderstandings.

Durch die Irreführung des Spaßvogels wurden alle getäuscht und lustige Missverständnisse geschaffen.

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