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German translation: Hanswurst, Tölpel, Depp

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English term or phrase:	schlep
German translation:	Hanswurst, Tölpel, Depp
Entered by:	Klesst_the_Pest

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12:13 Sep 17, 2008

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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

English term or phrase: schlep

The guy who was rob bed's a **schlep**. Ich habe verschiedene Bedeutungen für "schlep" gefunden, aber keine die im Kontext des Satzes Sinn macht. Der Satz hat leider auch im mir vorliegenden Text keinen weiteren Kontext.

Hat jemand eine Idee?

Klesst_the_Pest KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 14:20

Hanswurst, Tölpel, Depp

Explanation:
It's actually a word of yiddish origin. If you look up "shlep" instead of "schlep", you'll have plenty of google-hits.

Selected response from:

Tal Anja Cohen
Local time: 14:20

Grading comment

Danke sehr!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Hanswurst, Tölpel, Depp

Tal Anja Cohen

Dummbatz / Trottel

Joachim Krick

Tollpatsch / Trampel

Colin Rowe

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

Tollpatsch / Trampel

Explanation:
In the sense of "clumsy oaf".

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 14:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

13 mins confidence:

Dummbatz / Trottel

Explanation:
Depends on the context, of course. If the focus is on stupidity, then "Dummbatz / Trottel" is probably good. If, however, the focus is on clumsiness, then Colin's suggestions "Tollpatsch / Trampel" are better, I think.

Joachim Krick
Local time: 13:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Hanswurst, Tölpel, Depp

Explanation:
It's actually a word of yiddish origin. If you look up "shlep" instead of "schlep", you'll have plenty of google-hits.

Tal Anja Cohen
Local time: 14:20
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Danke sehr!

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