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dead boring
Very or extremely boring; so boring that it is hard to maintain any interest or attention. The prefix „tod-“ (dead-) intensifies the meaning of „langweilig“ (boring) in colloquial speech.
Der Vortrag war todlangweilig.
The lecture was dead boring.
| basic form | todlangweilig |
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| nom. | -e | -e | -e | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -e | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to todlangweilig.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
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| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -en |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -en |
| dat. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
| gen. | -en | -en | -en | -en |
Add the ending to todlangweilig.
| masc. | fem. | neut. | plural | |
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| nom. | -er | -e | -es | -e |
| acc. | -en | -e | -es | -e |
| dat. | -em | -er | -em | -en |
| gen. | -en | -er | -en | -er |
Add the ending to todlangweilig.
In the pattern „jemandem ist todlangweilig“ (someone is dead bored), the person is in the dative. No subject is needed: the construction describes how the person is feeling at that moment.
Mir ist todlangweilig, weil ich hier schon seit zwei Stunden warten muss.
I’m dead bored because I’ve had to wait here for two hours.
„Todlangweilig“ (dead boring) expresses a strong personal opinion and often sounds dismissive. When directly criticizing someone’s work, the word can therefore be hurtful.
Als sie seinen Artikel als todlangweilig bezeichnete, war er enttäuscht.
When she described his article as dead boring, he was disappointed.
Typical collocations include „ein todlangweiliger Film“ (a dead boring film), „ein todlangweiliger Vortrag“ (a dead boring lecture), and „todlangweiliger Unterricht“ (dead boring lessons). You can express your own opinion with „etwas todlangweilig finden“ (to find something dead boring).
Ich fand den Film todlangweilig und habe nach einer halben Stunde ausgeschaltet.
I found the film dead boring and switched it off after half an hour.
