 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | lazy {adj} | 4609 faul [träge] | |
| idle {adj} [lazy] | 2679 faul [träge] | |
| indolent {adj} | 1345 faul [träge] | |
| foul {adj} | 696 faul [Geschmack, Geruch] | |
| rotten {adj} | 566 faul [verfault] | |
| sluggish {adj} [of people, rivers] [also med.] | 451 faul [träge] | |
| slothful {adj} | 217 faul [träge] | |
| flimsy {adj} | 180 faul [Ausrede: fadenscheinig] | |
| fishy {adj} [coll.] | 177 faul [ugs.] [verdächtig] | |
| corrupt {adj} [putrid, decayed] | 159 faul [verdorben] | |
| putrid {adj} | 127 faul [Geschmack, Geruch] | |
| addle {adj} [egg] | 125 faul [Ei] | |
| inert {adj} | 115 faul [träge] | |
| lazily {adv} | 87 faul | |
| slothfully {adv} | 87 faul | |
| sluggishly {adv} | 84 faul | |
| sluggard {adj} | 70 faul [nicht fleißig] | |
| lame {adj} [fig.] | 62 faul [Ausrede] | |
| phoney {adj} [coll.] | 40 faul [ugs.] [nicht in Ordnung] | |
| addled {adj} [esp. eggs] | 39 faul | |
| phony {adj} [coll.] | 33 faul [ugs.] [zweifelhaft] | |
| dawdling {adj} | 13 faul [langsam] | |
| bad {adj} | 11 faul [verfault, verdächtig, schlecht] | |
| dent. decayed {adj} [tooth] | 10 faul [Zahn] | |
| sluggardly {adv} | 5 faul | |
| work-shy {adj} [disinclined to work] | faul [arbeitsscheu] | |
| lurdan {adj} [archaic] | faul [träge] | |
| lurdane {adj} [archaic] [spv.] | faul [träge] | |
| rottenly {adv} | faul [verfault, verrottet] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to sit on one's hunkers [coll.] [idiom] | (faul) herumsitzen [ugs.] | |
| to addle [e.g. egg] | faul werden [z. B. Ei] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| rotten at the core {adj} | faul im Kern | |
| sluggardly {adv} | faul und träge | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| How lazy you are! | Du bist aber faul! | |
| idiom There's some hanky-panky going on. [sl.] | Hier ist was faul. [ugs.] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to be bone idle | arbeitsscheu und faul sein | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| idiom There is something fishy about his story. | An seiner Geschichte ist was faul. | |
| There is something shady about it. [coll.] | Da ist was faul dran. [ugs.] | |
| There's too much monkey business. [coll.] | Da ist zu viel faul. [ugs.] | |
| lit. quote theatre Something is rotten in (the state of) Denmark. [Shakespeare] | Es ist etwas faul im Staate Dänemark. [Shakespeare] | |
| quote Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. [Hamlet] | Etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark. | |
| A good half of the apples were rotten. | Gut die Hälfte der Äpfel war faul. | |
| idiom sb. can't be bothered to do sth. | jd. ist zu faul, etw. zu tun | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to smell a rat [coll.] [idiom] | riechen, dass da was faul ist [ugs.] | |
| to be lazy about doing sth. | zu faul sein, etw. zu tun | |
