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Detailed Translations for lingering from English to German

lingering:

lingering [the ~] noun

  1. the lingering (loitering; dithering; dawdling)
    die Zauderei; Gezauder

Translation Matrix for lingering:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Gezauder dawdling; dithering; lingering; loitering
Zauderei dawdling; dithering; lingering; loitering
arbeitsscheu work-shy
- tarriance
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
nachlässig untidy
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
arbeitsscheu dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy bearing no interests; idle; lazy; slack; slow; workshy
denkfaul dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy empty-headed
faul dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy banal; bearing no interests; below the belt; churlish; coarse; corrupt; degenerate; depraved; dirty; disgusting; dowdy; filthy; gross; grubby; gruesome; heinous; idle; indistinct; indolent; loathsome; nasty; obscure; perverted; putrefied; putrid; rancid; repugnant; repulsive; revolting; rotten; shabby; shoddy; sickening; sloppy; slovenly; sordid; spongy; trite; trivial; unclear; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vapid; vulgar; woolly; wooly
flau dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy abject; abstemious; bland; blurred; clumsy; cowardly; craven; cringing; delicate; dim; doltish; drab; dull; faint; flat; fragile; frail; gawky; grey; hazy; mat; misty; not very good; owlish; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; saltless; stiff; tasteless; tender; unclear; undefinable; uneasy; unhandy; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vulnerable; wobbly; wonky; wooden
freudlos dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy appalling; cheerless; crying shame; crying to heaven; disgraceful; drained; gloomy; joyless; languid; listless; moody; outrageous; pensive; rank; sad; shocking; somber; sombre; triste; washed out; wistful
hinfällig languishing; lingering; sickly abstemious; clumsy; delicate; dilapidated; doltish; faint; feeble; flimsy; fragile; frail; gawky; inferior; lean; long in the tooth; miserable; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; ruinous; seedy; shabby; sick; stiff; tender; thin; uneasy; unhandy; unsightly; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
langsam dawdling; dilatory; dragging; drooping; hesitating; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy; wavering easy; languid; lazy; listless; slow; sluggish; steady; tardy
lustlos dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy abstemious; clumsy; doltish; drained; faint; feeble; frail; gawky; languid; lifeless; limp; listless; no energy; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; sick; stiff; uneasy; unhandy; wan; washed out; washed-out; weak; wooden
lässig dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy inattentive; negligent
matt dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; languishing; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; sickly; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy bland; dim; drained; dull; dully; dusted; faded; faint; feeble; flat; frail; frosted; languid; listless; lurid; mat; matt; matted; misty; pale; powdered; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sallow; sick; wan; washed out; weak; wobbly; wonky
müde dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy
nachlässig dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy carefree; careless; disorderly; disorganised; disorganized; easy; grubby; inattentive; light-spirited; lighthearted; messy; negligent; shoddy; sloppy; slovenly; slutty; tarty; unconcerned
schlapp dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy abstemious; clumsy; doltish; drained; dull; effete; faint; feeble; flabby; fragile; frail; gawky; helpless; impotent; languid; lifeless; limp; listless; no energy; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; pouchy; powerless; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; stiff; tasteless; uneasy; unhandy; unsavory; unsavoury; wan; washed out; washed-out; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
schleppend dawdling; dilatory; dragging; drooping; hesitating; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy; wavering shuffling
schwach languishing; lingering; sickly backward; base; delicate; demented; dim; dizy; dull; faint; feeble; feeble-minded; fragile; frail; inferior; low; mean; mediocre; mentally retarded; nasty; not bad; not high; not solid; not substantial; not very good; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rare; rarefied; rickety; shadowy; sick; simple; stupid; tender; teneous; villainous; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky
schwerfällig dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy abstemious; arrogant; boorish; broad; clumsy; detailed; doltish; easy-going; elaborate; exhaustive; expansive; extensive; gawky; ill-bred; impudent; in detail; indolent; insolent; languid; lazy; listless; not very good; overbearing; owlish; poor; presumptuous; rigid; rude; rustic; shameless; slow; slow of comprehension; sluggish; stiff; tardy; uncivilised; uncivilized; uneasy; uneducated; unhandy; unmannerly; wide; widespread; wooden
schwül dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy erotic; erotical; sensual; sweltering; titillating
teilnahmslos dawdling; dragging; drooping; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy dry-eyed; groundless; impassive; indifferent; regardless; unaffected; unfounded; unmoved; unperturbed; untouched
träge dawdling; dilatory; dragging; drooping; hesitating; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy; wavering crippled; drained; easy-going; indolent; lame; languid; lax; lazy; listless; slow; sluggish; supine; tardy; washed out
trödelig dawdling; dilatory; dragging; drooping; hesitating; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; passive; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; tardy; wavering
unentschlossen dawdling; dilatory; dragging; hesitating; lingering; slow; wavering dilatory; double-minded; hesitating; hesitatingly; inconstant; indecisive; reluctantly; undecided; undetermined; unresolved; unsettled; unstable; unsteady; vacillating; wavering
unschlüssig dawdling; dilatory; dragging; hesitating; lingering; slow; wavering dilatory; double-minded; hesitating; hesitatingly; indecisive; reluctantly; undecided; undetermined; unresolved; unsettled; vacillating; wavering
zauderhaft dawdling; dilatory; dragging; hesitating; lingering; slow; wavering
zögernd dawdling; dilatory; dragging; hesitating; lingering; slow; wavering hesitant; reluctantly; unwillingly; wavering; with a bad grace

Related Words for "lingering":

  • lingerings, lingeringly, linger

Synonyms for "lingering":


Related Definitions for "lingering":

  1. the act of tarrying1

lingering form of linger:

to linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)

  1. to linger (stay; sojourn; loiter)
    bleiben; verweilen; dauern; sich aufhalten; fortwähren; stehenbleiben; fortdauern
    • bleiben verb (bleibe, bleibst, bleibt, blieb, bliebt, geblieben)
    • verweilen verb (verweile, verweilst, verweilt, verweilte, verweiltet, verweilt)
    • dauern verb (dauere, dauerst, dauert, dauerte, dauertet, gedauert)
    • stehenbleiben verb (bleibe stehen, bleibst stehen, bleibt stehen, blieb stehen, bliebt stehen, stehengeblieben)
    • fortdauern verb
  2. to linger (dawdle; tarry; loiter; waffle)
    trödeln; faulenzen; zögern; verzögern
    • trödeln verb (trödele, trödelst, trödelt, trödelte, trödeltet, getrödelt)
    • faulenzen verb (faulenze, faulenzt, faulenzte, faulenztet, gefaulenzt)
    • zögern verb (zögere, zögerst, zögert, zögerte, zögertet, gezögert)
    • verzögern verb (verzögere, verzögerst, verzögert, verzögerte, verzögertet, verzögert)
  3. to linger (delay; procrastinate; dawdle; )
    zügern; zweifeln; zaudern
    • zügern verb
    • zweifeln verb (zweifele, zweifelst, zweifelt, zweifelte, zweifeltet, gezweifelt)
    • zaudern verb (zaudere, zauderst, zaudert, zauderte, zaudertet, gezaudert)
  4. to linger (hesitate; doubt; waver; )
    zögern; zweifeln; verzögern; schwanken; aufschieben; unschlüssig sein; grübeln; wanken; zaudern; hinausschieben; unschlüssig warten
    • zögern verb (zögere, zögerst, zögert, zögerte, zögertet, gezögert)
    • zweifeln verb (zweifele, zweifelst, zweifelt, zweifelte, zweifeltet, gezweifelt)
    • verzögern verb (verzögere, verzögerst, verzögert, verzögerte, verzögertet, verzögert)
    • schwanken verb (schwanke, schwankst, schwankt, schwankte, schwanktet, geschwankt)
    • aufschieben verb (schiebe auf, schiebst auf, schiebt auf, schob auf, schobt auf, aufgeschoben)
    • grübeln verb (grüble, grübelst, grübelt, grübelte, grübeltet, gegrübelt)
    • wanken verb (wanke, wankst, wankt, wankte, wanktet, gewankt)
    • zaudern verb (zaudere, zauderst, zaudert, zauderte, zaudertet, gezaudert)
    • hinausschieben verb (schiebe hinaus, schiebst hinaus, schiebt hinaus, schob hinaus, schobt hinaus, hinausgeschoben)
    • unschlüssig warten verb (warte unschlüssig, wartest unschlüssig, wartet unschlüssig, wartete unschlüssig, wartetet unschlüssig, unschlüssig gewartet)
  5. to linger (hang around; hang about)
    zögern
    • zögern verb (zögere, zögerst, zögert, zögerte, zögertet, gezögert)

Conjugations for linger:

present
  1. linger
  2. linger
  3. lingers
  4. linger
  5. linger
  6. linger
simple past
  1. lingered
  2. lingered
  3. lingered
  4. lingered
  5. lingered
  6. lingered
present perfect
  1. have lingered
  2. have lingered
  3. has lingered
  4. have lingered
  5. have lingered
  6. have lingered
past continuous
  1. was lingering
  2. were lingering
  3. was lingering
  4. were lingering
  5. were lingering
  6. were lingering
future
  1. shall linger
  2. will linger
  3. will linger
  4. shall linger
  5. will linger
  6. will linger
continuous present
  1. am lingering
  2. are lingering
  3. is lingering
  4. are lingering
  5. are lingering
  6. are lingering
subjunctive
  1. be lingered
  2. be lingered
  3. be lingered
  4. be lingered
  5. be lingered
  6. be lingered
diverse
  1. linger!
  2. let's linger!
  3. lingered
  4. lingering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for linger:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
aufschieben brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver drag out; move; postpone; push; push open; put off; retard; slacken; slow down; temporise; temporize
bleiben linger; loiter; sojourn; stay continue; last; remain; stay; stay the same
dauern linger; loiter; sojourn; stay
faulenzen dawdle; linger; loiter; tarry; waffle
fortdauern linger; loiter; sojourn; stay carry on; continue; drag on; get on; go on; go through with it; hold on; keep on; keep up; let last; move on; persist; proceed; pursue the subject; stay; stay the same
fortwähren linger; loiter; sojourn; stay carry on; continue; drag on; get on; go on; go through with it; hold on; keep on; keep up; let last; move on; persist; proceed; pursue the subject; stay; stay the same
grübeln brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver be indecised; bother; break one's head; brood; cogitate; consider; contemplate; do jigsaw puzzles; fret; hesitate; meditate on; mope; muse; muse on; nurse a grievance; ponder; ponder on; pout; procrastinate; put off; puzzle; question; reflect; reflect on; solve crossword puzzles; sulk; tarry; think; think hard; vacillate; waver; wonder; worry; worry about
hinausschieben brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver drag out; postpone; push out; put off; retard; slacken; slow down; temporise; temporize
schwanken brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver be changeable; be indecised; be unstable; craddle; cradle; falter; fluctuate; heave; hesitate; lull; oscillate; procrastinate; put off; question; rock; roll; stagger; sway; swing; tarry; vacillate; vary; waddle; waver; wobble
sich aufhalten linger; loiter; sojourn; stay
stehenbleiben linger; loiter; sojourn; stay come to a standstill; remain standing; stand still; stay; stay put; stay the same; stop
trödeln dawdle; linger; loiter; tarry; waffle be a pain in the neck; drizzle; idle; keep on; lounge; lounge about; lounge around; nag; pace; parade; plod; rain; saunter; sit around; stroll; trudge
unschlüssig sein brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver be indecisive
unschlüssig warten brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver be indecised; hesitate; procrastinate; put off; question; tarry; vacillate; waver
verweilen linger; loiter; sojourn; stay stay; stay the same
verzögern brood over; dawdle; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; loiter; tarry; waffle; waver delay; deter; drag out; retard; slacken; slow down; stop; temporise; temporize
wanken brood over; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; tarry; waver cradle; falter; fluctuate; rock; roll; stagger; sway; swing; vary; waddle
zaudern brood over; dawdle; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; procrastinate; put off; retard; saunter; tarry; waver drag out; retard; slacken; slow down; temporise; temporize
zweifeln brood over; dawdle; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hesitate; linger; procrastinate; put off; retard; saunter; tarry; waver be doubtful; be indecised; doubt; hesitate; procrastinate; put off; question; tarry; vacillate; waver
zögern brood over; dawdle; defer; delay; deter; doubt; hang about; hang around; hesitate; linger; loiter; tarry; waffle; waver be indecised; drag out; hesitate; procrastinate; put off; question; retard; slacken; slow down; stay; stay the same; tarry; temporise; temporize; vacillate; waver
zügern dawdle; delay; linger; procrastinate; put off; retard; saunter; tarry
- dawdle; hover; tarry
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
zögern dilatory; hesitating; hesitatingly; reluctantly; wavering

Related Words for "linger":


Synonyms for "linger":


Antonyms for "linger":


Related Definitions for "linger":

  1. leave slowly and hesitantly1
  2. take one's time; proceed slowly1
  3. move to and fro1
    • The shy student lingered in the corner1
  4. remain present although waning or gradually dying1
    • Her perfume lingered on1

Wiktionary Translations for linger:

linger
verb
  1. stay or remain in a place or situation
linger
verb
  1. gehoben: an einem Ort bleiben

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
linger bleiben; verweilen; weilen demeurer — S’arrêter assez longtemps en un lieu