German-English translation for "spuken"

"spuken" English translation

spuken
intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i <h>

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haunt More examples...
  • haunt
    spuken von Geistern
    spuken von Geistern
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  • die Idee hat schon lange in seinem Kopf gespukt in Wendungen wie figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    this idea has been knocking around in his head for a long time
    die Idee hat schon lange in seinem Kopf gespukt in Wendungen wie figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
  • dieser Aberglaube spukt noch immer in den Köpfen der Leute
    this superstitition still haunts people’s minds
    dieser Aberglaube spukt noch immer in den Köpfen der Leute
spuken
unpersönliches Verb | impersonal verb v/unpers

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this house is haunted is not quite right in the head ghosts haunt our house at night
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  • bei jemandem spukt es (im Kopf) figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    jemand | somebodysb is not quite right in the head
    bei jemandem spukt es (im Kopf) figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
I know this place is haunted.
Ich weiß, dass es hier spukt.
Source: Tatoeba
Are you saying that your house is haunted?
Willst du damit sagen, dass es bei dir spukt?
Source: Tatoeba
Tom thought that his house was haunted.
Tom glaubte, dass es bei ihm spuke.
Source: Tatoeba
The fact is that Hitler is on the loose again- Hitler is out and about again there.
Tatsächlich treibt dort ein Hitler sein Unwesen, Hitler spukt dort wieder herum.
Source: Europarl
Injun Joe infested all his dreams, and always with doom in his eye.
Der Indianer-Joe spukte in all seinen Träumen und immer mit haßerfüllten Augen.
Source: Books
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