English-German translation for "wile"

"wile" German translation

„wile“: noun

wile

[wail]noun | Substantiv s

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List, Kniff, Trick List, Tücke, Schlauheit

Listfeminine | Femininum f
wile trick <usually | meistmeistplural | Plural pl>

Kniffmasculine | Maskulinum m
wile trick <usually | meistmeistplural | Plural pl>

Trickmasculine | Maskulinum m
wile trick <usually | meistmeistplural | Plural pl>

wile trick <usually | meistmeistplural | Plural pl>

Listfeminine | Femininum f
wile cunning

Tückefeminine | Femininum f
wile cunning

Schlauheitfeminine | Femininum f
wile cunning

wile cunning
wile syn vgl. → see „trick“

wile syn vgl. → see „trick“

„wile“: transitive verb

wile

[wail]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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verlocken More examples...

(ver)locken
wile

wile

examples

to wilesomebody | jemand sb into

jemanden locken in (accusative (case) | Akkusativakk)

jemanden verlocken zu

to wilesomebody | jemand sb into
to wilesomebody | jemand sb away (outet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc)

jemanden fortlocken (or | oderod hinauslocken)

to wilesomebody | jemand sb away (outet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc)

wile syn vgl. → see „while“

wile syn vgl. → see „while“

examples

often | oftoft wile away time

vertreiben, vertändeln

often | oftoft wile away time

Example sentences from external sources for "wile"
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Ich ließ die Zeit im Hörsaal durch das Malen von Flugzeugen verstreichen.

I'd wile away my time drawing airplanes in the class.

Source: TED

Source

TED
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: WIT³
- Original text source: TED
- Original database: TED Talk Parallel Corpus

Synonyms for "wile"

trickery, guile, chicanery, chicane

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