Summary
puzzle
Geduldspiel · Rätsel
to puzzle {verb}
verwirren · grübeln · knobeln · verblüffen · rätseln
Puzzle {noun}
jigsaw · jigsaw puzzle
English-German translation for "puzzle"
"puzzle" German translation
puzzle
And so this has been a real puzzle to me as a sort of scholar of human nature.
So it's a puzzle: The few other mammal groups that do this, why do they do it?
A puzzle is a problem that is fun to solve and has a right answer.
Now, I should pause and say, what do I mean by puzzle?
And here is a puzzle based on color mixing.
to puzzle {verb}
to puzzle [puzzled|puzzled] {vb} (also: to unsettle, to unhinge, to tousle, to derange)
It got even more puzzling when we found dunes.
Our citizens must be very puzzled.
It is a most puzzling matter.
Now I see some puzzled looks like, "Why are you asking us what's the right thing to do? We're just building this stuff. Somebody else is using it."
Today, though, I’m going to talk about Darwin’s other strange inversion, which is equally puzzling at first, but in some ways just as important.
to puzzle [puzzled|puzzled] {vb} (also: to think, to ponder, to ruminate, to brood)
to puzzle [puzzled|puzzled] {vb} (also: to toss, to think, to speculate)
to puzzle [puzzled|puzzled] {vb} (also: to perplex, to amaze, to bewilder, to nonplus)
to puzzle [puzzled|puzzled] {vb}
to puzzle over sth.
Puzzle {noun}
We have also to recognise that this report is just one piece of a jigsaw.
And I said, "This is kind of like a jigsaw puzzle, except the pieces overlap."
To me, this is like a jigsaw puzzle that is nearing completion.
It is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together.
And that is like the picture on the outside of a jigsaw puzzle box.
And I said, "This is kind of like a jigsaw puzzle, except the pieces overlap."
To me, this is like a jigsaw puzzle that is nearing completion.
It is a jigsaw puzzle still being put together.
And that is like the picture on the outside of a jigsaw puzzle box.
With a jigsaw puzzle, it is important on the one hand that the pieces are all there, and on the other hand, that you have the right pieces.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "puzzle":
Synonyms (German) for "Puzzle":
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