kohlen

v/i (schwelen) smo(u)lder

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kohlen2

v/i umg. (schwindeln) tell tall stories

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koh|len I ['koːlən]

vi

1) (NAUT, RAIL) to take on coal

2) (= verkohlen) to char, to carbonize

3) (= Ruß erzeugen) to smoke

II

vti (inf)

to talk a load of rubbish (Brit inf) or nonsense; (= lügen) to lie, to tell lies

unglaublich, was der wieder kohlt — it's incredible the nonsense he's been talking again/the lies he's been telling again

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koh·len

vi (fam) to fib fam, to tell fibs fam

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kohlen¹ v/i (schwelen) smo(u)lder

kohlen² v/i umg (schwindeln) tell tall stories