(einen) Blödsinn anstellen

to do nonsense or fool around

Türkçe: saçmalamak

Noun

Blödsinn m.

Verb

anstellen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Der Junge stellt mit seinen Freunden großen Blödsinn an.

How it is used

Means to do nonsense or fool around. Register: colloquial, often used with children. A parent might scold a child for this. It implies playful mischief, not malicious intent.

Other verbs that go with Blödsinn

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Blödsinn redento talk nonsense
• Blödsinn verzapfento spout nonsense, stronger than 'reden'

All collocations with Blödsinn

Other collocations built on anstellen

• Beobachtungen anstellento make observations
• Berechnungen anstellento perform calculations
• Mutmaßungen anstellento make assumptions without full facts
• Nachforschungen anstellento carry out research or inquiries
• Recherchen anstellen über+Akk.to conduct research
• Spekulationen anstellento engage in speculation/make conjectures
• Überlegungen anstellento make considerations/deliberate
• Untersuchungen anstellento carry out systematic inquiries to discover facts