German VERB A2 Rank 10901

langweilen

to be bored / to bore

langweilen – langweilte – hat gelangweilt

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry langweilen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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langweilen vs langweilig

boring

When a person has nothing interesting to do, you can describe their state with “Mir ist langweilig” or with “Ich langweile mich.” “Langweilig” is used impersonally with the dative. “Sich langweilen” is the reflexive verb construction for the person experiencing the boredom.

Visual example for langweilig
langweilen

Ich langweile mich, weil ich heute nichts Interessantes zu tun habe.

I’m bored because I have nothing interesting to do today.

langweilig

Mir ist langweilig, weil ich heute nichts Interessantes zu tun habe.

I’m bored because I have nothing interesting to do today.

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