German-English translation for "Schlendrian"

"Schlendrian" English translation

Schlendrian
[ˈʃlɛndriaːn]Maskulinum | masculine m <Schlendrian(e)s; keinPlural | plural pl> umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg

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routine, rut dawdling slovenliness, sloppiness, slipshodness
  • routine
    Schlendrian Routine, Trott
    rut
    Schlendrian Routine, Trott
    Schlendrian Routine, Trott
examples
  • es ging weiter im alten (oder | orod gewohnten) Schlendrian
    it went on in the same old rut (oder | orod routine)
    es ging weiter im alten (oder | orod gewohnten) Schlendrian
  • gegen den alten Schlendrian ankämpfen
    to try to get out of the rut
    gegen den alten Schlendrian ankämpfen
  • am alten Schlendrian festhalten
    to keep (oder | orod cling) to the same old routine, to be stuck in a rut
    am alten Schlendrian festhalten
  • dawdling
    Schlendrian Bummelei
    Schlendrian Bummelei
examples
  • er kommt aus seinem Schlendrian nicht heraus
    he won’t stop dawdling
    er kommt aus seinem Schlendrian nicht heraus
  • slovenliness
    Schlendrian Schlamperei
    sloppiness
    Schlendrian Schlamperei
    slipshodness
    Schlendrian Schlamperei
    Schlendrian Schlamperei
in den alten Schlendrian zurückfallen
to fall back into the old rut
in den alten Schlendrian zurückfallen
And now I felt that it was not enough; I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.
In einem einzigen Nachmittage wurde ich des Schlendrians von acht Jahren müde!
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