dullness

dullness
noun, no pl.
1) (stupidity) Beschränktheit, die; (slow-wittedness) Begriffsstutzigkeit, die (abwertend); [geistige] Trägheit
2) (boringness) Langweiligkeit, die; (of work, life, routine) Stumpfsinn, der
3) (of colour, light, metal) Stumpfheit, die; Mattheit, die
* * *
noun die Stumpfsinnigkeit
* * *
dull·ness
[ˈdʌlnəs]
n no pl
1. (pej: tedium) Langweiligkeit f, Eintönigkeit f; of a routine Stumpfsinn m
2. ECON, FIN of market Flaute f, Stagnation f
3. METEO Trübheit f liter
4. (of pain) Dumpfheit f
5. of a knife Stumpfheit f
6. (stupidity) Beschränktheit f pej; (slow-wittedness) Begriffsstutzigkeit f pej; (apathy) Stumpfsinnigkeit f; (sluggishness) Trägheit f
* * *
['dʌlnɪs]
n
1) (of light) Trübheit f; (of colours, eyes) Mattheit f; (of hair, paintwork, metal) Stumpfheit f; (of weather, day) Trübheit f; (of sky) Bedecktheit f
2) (= boring nature) Langweiligkeit f
3) (of sound, thud) Dumpfheit f
4) (= listlessness of person) Trägheit f; (of expression) Lustlosigkeit f; ( ST EX, COMM, of market) Flauheit f
5) (= slow-wittedness) Langsamkeit f
6) (form: bluntness) Stumpfheit f
* * *
dullness s
1. Dummheit f
2. Abgestumpftheit f
3. Trägheit f
4. Langweiligkeit f
5. WIRTSCH Flaute f
6. Stumpfheit f
7. Blindheit f
8. Mattheit f
9. Dumpfheit f
10. Trübheit f
* * *
noun, no pl.
1) (stupidity) Beschränktheit, die; (slow-wittedness) Begriffsstutzigkeit, die (abwertend); [geistige] Trägheit
2) (boringness) Langweiligkeit, die; (of work, life, routine) Stumpfsinn, der
3) (of colour, light, metal) Stumpfheit, die; Mattheit, die
* * *
n.
Benommenheit f.
Dummheit -en f.
Unlust -¨e m.

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