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1 dunce
nounNiete, die (ugs. abwertend)dunce's cap — (Hist.) Spotthut, der (für schlechte Schüler)
* * *(a person who is slow at learning or stupid: I was an absolute dunce at school.) der Dummkopf* * *[dʌns]to be a \dunce at sth schlecht [o eine Niete] in etw dat sein* * *[dʌns]n (SCH)langsamer Lerner or Schüler; (= stupid person) Dummkopf mto be a dunce at maths — eine Niete or schlecht in Mathe sein (inf)
the dunce of the class —
dunce's cap — spitzer Papierhut, der früher zur Strafe dem schlechtesten Schüler aufgesetzt wurde
* * ** * *nounNiete, die (ugs. abwertend)dunce's cap — (Hist.) Spotthut, der (für schlechte Schüler)
* * *n.Dummkopf* m.
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