flounder

flounder
I intransitive verb
taumeln; (stumble, lit. or fig.) stolpern
II noun
(Zool.) Flunder, die
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verb
(to move one's legs and arms violently and with difficulty (in water, mud etc): She floundered helplessly in the mud.) zappeln
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floun·der1
<pl - or -s>
[ˈflaʊndəʳ, AM -ɚ]
n (flatfish) Flunder f
floun·der2
[ˈflaʊndəʳ, AM -ɚ]
vi
1. (move with difficulty) stolpern; in mud, snow waten; in water [herum]rudern [o strampeln
2. (fig: be in difficulty) sich akk abmühen [o fam abzappeln] [o fam abstrampeln]; (be confused) nicht weiterwissen
her answer surprised him and he \floundered at first ihre Antwort überraschte ihn und er wusste zuerst nicht, was er sagen sollte
to be \floundering organization auf der Kippe stehen, sich akk in einer Krise befinden; person ins Schwimmen kommen
the job was new, and at the moment he was \floundering a bit die Arbeit war neu und im Augenblick war er etwas ins Schwimmen geraten
3. (fig pej: proceed clumsily) murksen pej fam, wursteln pej fam
to \flounder through sth sich akk durch etw akk [durch]wursteln
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I ['flaʊndə(r)]
n
(= fish) Flunder f II
vi
1) (lit) sich abstrampeln, sich abzappeln

a stranded whale floundering on the beach — ein gestrandeter Wal, der sich am Strand abquält

we floundered about in the mud — wir quälten uns mühselig im Schlamm

2) (fig) sich abzappeln (inf), sich abstrampeln (inf)

the company/economy was floundering — der Firma/Wirtschaft ging es schlecht

his career floundered — mit seiner Karriere ging es abwärts

to start to flounder — ins Schwimmen kommen

to flounder through sth — sich durch etw wursteln or mogeln (inf)

he floundered on — er wurstelte weiter

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flounder1 [ˈflaʊndə(r)] v/i
1. a) zappeln
b) strampeln
2. sich quälen (through durch) (auch fig)
3. fig sich verhaspeln, auch SPORT etc ins Schwimmen kommen fig
flounder2 [ˈflaʊndə(r)] pl -ders, besonders koll -der s FISCH Flunder f
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I intransitive verb
taumeln; (stumble, lit. or fig.) stolpern
II noun
(Zool.) Flunder, die
* * *
n.
Flunder -n f. v.
nicht weiterwissen ausdr.
sich abquälen v.
sich verhaspeln v.
stolpern v.
strampeln v.
taumeln v.
zappeln v.

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