Meaning

3 senses
  1. (colloquial)A silly person.

    Dummerchen

  2. (endearing)A term of address.

  3. (colloquial)A mistake.

More definitions
  • a word used for misbehaving children

Examples

368 sentences
  1. I need to ask you a silly question.

    Мені потрібно поставити тобі дурне питання. — uaspeaker

    ruМне нужно задать тебе глупый вопрос. — Hellerick

    deIch muss dir eine dumme Frage stellen. — kroko

  2. You're just being silly.

    Ти просто дуркуєш. — deniko

  3. He's always asking silly questions.

    Він завжди задає нерозумні запитання. — deniko

    ruОн всегда задаёт глупые вопросы. — sismic

    deEr stellt immer blöde Fragen. — Manfredo

  4. I have a silly question.

    Маю дурне питання. — deniko

    deIch habe mal eine dumme Frage. — Manfredo

  5. The students bothered the teacher with silly questions.

    Учні набридали вчителю своїми глупими питаннями. — ascolto

    ruУченики донимали учителя глупыми вопросами. — Wezel

    deDie Schüler brachten den Lehrer mit dummen Fragen in Verlegenheit. — xtofu80

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
silly person:

Origin

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), fro

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie.

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Forms

plural: sillies
Singularsilly
Pluralsillies

regular

Collocations

10 patterns
  • silly questions
  • asking silly questions
  • being being silly
  • a bit silly
  • a silly question
  • bit silly
  • would be silly
  • asking silly
  • was a silly
  • silly to do

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silly — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto