die Zeit verschwenden / vergeuden
to waste time
Türkçe: zaman kaybetmek
In a sentence
Er verschwendet seine Zeit mit sinnlosen Computerspielen.
How it is used
Neutral. Means 'to waste time' – using time unproductively. Use when criticizing procrastination. 'Verschwenden' is common; 'vergeuden' is more formal and emphatic.
Other verbs that go with Zeit
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- sich die Zeit vertreibento while away the time
- Zeit kostento take time
- die Zeit totschlagento kill time
- gut in der Zeit liegento be ahead of or on schedule
- (viel) Zeit in etwas steckento invest a lot of time in
- sich Zeit lassen / nehmento take one's time
- Zeit haben / findento have/find time
- Zeit benötigen / brauchento need time
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