Sentence examples of "dumme" in German with translation "silly"

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Translations: all6 silly5 other translations1
Ich muss dir eine dumme Frage stellen. I need to ask you a silly question.
Es war dumm von ihm, ihr Angebot abzulehnen. It was silly of him to refuse her offer.
Die Schüler brachten den Lehrer mit dummen Fragen in Verlegenheit. The students bothered the teacher with silly questions.
Sätze geben den Wörtern Zusammenhang. Sätze haben Persönlichkeiten. Sie können lustig, klug, dumm, aufschlussreich, berührend oder schmerzhaft sein. Sentences bring context to the words. Sentences have personalities. They can be funny, smart, silly, insightful, touching, hurtful.
Lest jeden Tag etwas, das sonst niemand liest. Denkt jeden Tag etwas, das sonst niemand denkt. Macht jeden Tag etwas, für das sonst niemand anders dumm genug wäre, es zu tun. Es ist schädlich für den Geist, immer im Einklang zu leben. Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
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