Zeit verbummeln / vertrödeln
to dawdle away time
Türkçe: zamanı boşa harcamak
In a sentence
Der Azubi verbummelt seine Zeit mit ständigen Raucherpausen.
How it is used
Colloquial. Means 'to dawdle away time' – being slow or lazy. Use when someone is procrastinating at work. 'Verbummeln' is casual; 'vertrödeln' implies aimless delay.
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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