Unfug machen / treiben / anstellen
to engage in playful, silly, or mildly disruptive behavior
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Watch out. Not for serious wrongdoing.
In a sentence
Die Kinder treiben im Park lauten Unfug und ärgern die Spaziergänger.
How it is used
Means to engage in playful, silly, or mildly disruptive behavior. Colloquial register. Use when scolding children or joking about harmless pranks. Not for serious wrongdoing.
Other collocations built on anstellen
- Beobachtungen anstellento make observations
- Berechnungen anstellento perform calculations
- (einen) Blödsinn anstellento do nonsense or fool around
- 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
All 12 collocations built on anstellen
More from Gesellschaft und Leben
- ein Foto machento take a photo
- im Schatten stehento be overshadowed by someone more prominent
- Zunder kriegento get a dressing-down
- Unterstützung leistento provide support
- eine Reise beabsichtigento intend a trip
All collocations in Gesellschaft und Leben
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