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mir stönd all dusse wie *vollpföschte*

English translation: Vollpfosten: bunch of idiots/looking silly

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German term or phrase:mir stönd all dusse wie *vollpföschte*
English translation:Vollpfosten: bunch of idiots/looking silly
Entered by: Eileen Ferguson

00:22 Nov 29, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: mir stönd all dusse wie *vollpföschte*
The above is from a very interesting translation project containing mostly dialects and slangs. From the context, I could ascertain that the speaker was saying "We were all standing outside like *vollpfoschte*" (door was damaged). Anyone know the meaning of vollpfoschte?

Thanks
Eileen Ferguson
United States
Local time: 08:23
Vollpfosten: bunch of idiots/looking silly
Explanation:
like a right load of wallies, looking daft, looking as dumb as can be, looking bloody stupid, feeling as thick as two short planks, as thick as a brick, braindead, dumb, as daft as a brush, looking sheepish, dumbstruck, as daft as a nine-bob note, looking foolish, ten bob short of a pound, like a load of prats, like right pillocks

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Note added at 38 mins (2014-11-29 01:01:45 GMT)
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Yorkshire: Lookin lahk a reet bunch a silly buggers (by no means a swearword in the North)

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Note added at 50 mins (2014-11-29 01:13:10 GMT)
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Thick as a fence pole also comes close to it
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Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 14:23
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8Vollpfosten: bunch of idiots/looking silly
Yorkshireman
Summary of reference entries provided
Vollpfosten
Lancashireman
multilingual resouce
Johanna Timm, PhD

Discussion entries: 5





  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
vollpföschte
Vollpfosten: bunch of idiots/looking silly


Explanation:
like a right load of wallies, looking daft, looking as dumb as can be, looking bloody stupid, feeling as thick as two short planks, as thick as a brick, braindead, dumb, as daft as a brush, looking sheepish, dumbstruck, as daft as a nine-bob note, looking foolish, ten bob short of a pound, like a load of prats, like right pillocks

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Note added at 38 mins (2014-11-29 01:01:45 GMT)
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Yorkshire: Lookin lahk a reet bunch a silly buggers (by no means a swearword in the North)

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Note added at 50 mins (2014-11-29 01:13:10 GMT)
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Thick as a fence pole also comes close to it

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Usch Pilz
7 hrs
  -> Hi Usch, thanks!
agree  itla
10 hrs
  -> THX
agree  Kathi Stock
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Kathi
agree  Lirka
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, lirka
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
1 day 21 hrs
  -> THX, Susanne
agree  SuzukiBandit
2 days 13 hrs
  -> Thanks, SB
agree  Charmaine Kizzie
2 days 14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charmaine
agree  Michaela Pschierer-Barnfather: I think "right pillocks" fits best here
2 days 16 hrs
  -> A Northener? Ta luv.
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Reference comments


8 mins peer agreement (net): +7
Reference: Vollpfosten

Reference information:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vollpfosten
Der Ausdruck Vollpfosten ist ein Schimpfwort für eine Person, die sich durch besondere Dummheit auszeichnet.[1] Man vermutet eine Bezugnahme auf die intellektuellen Fähigkeiten des Bezeichneten, die nicht größer seien als die eines stehenden Holzstücks.[2]

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Michael Martin, MA: That sentence is hilarious. Why "stehend" I wonder..(No, I don't)
8 mins
  -> "Ye blocks, ye stones, ye worse than senseless things" Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
agree  Yorkshireman: Just like we say in Yorkshire, as thick as two short planks
26 mins
  -> Short maybe, but definitely vertical.
agree  Usch Pilz
8 hrs
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Standing around with your teeth in your mouth
11 hrs
agree  Lonnie Legg: as in "blockhead".
20 hrs
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
1 day 21 hrs
agree  Charmaine Kizzie
2 days 14 hrs
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13 mins
Reference: multilingual resouce

Reference information:
http://www.omegawiki.org/Expression:Vollpfosten

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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