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# дурень — Ukrainian to English

How Ukrainian *дурень* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no Ukrainian section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: дурень (72). By style: everyday 67 · biblical 5.

## idiot

Used about 31 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 31). Meaning: [idiot in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/idiot/).

- Ти не **дурень**.
  You're not an **idiot**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2573658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2573658) [\#6580295](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6580295))

- Ви не **дурень**.
  You're not an **idiot**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#2573658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2573658) [\#6580297](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6580297))

- Том не **дурень**.
  Tom isn't an **idiot**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2647932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2647932) [\#4879075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4879075))

- Том не **дурень**.
  Tom is not an **idiot**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3436717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3436717) [\#4879075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4879075))

- Ну ти й **дурень**!
  You're such an **idiot**!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and CM · checked, community translation · [\#984523](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/984523) [\#1562095](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1562095))

## fool

Used about 30 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 2). Meaning: [fool in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fool/).

- Він не **дурень**.
  He is no **fool**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by uaspeaker and CM · checked, community translation · [\#302396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302396) [\#468911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468911))

- Хто сварку залишує, той честь здобуває; кожен **дурень** до сварки горячиться.
  It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every **fool** will be quarreling.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 20:3)

- Том не **дурень**.
  Tom is no **fool**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2273328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2273328) [\#4879075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4879075))

- І **дурень**, як мовчить, здається бути мудрим, а як уста стулить, — навіть розважливим.
  Even a **fool**, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 17:28)

- Том не **дурень**.
  Tom isn't a **fool**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1024735](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1024735) [\#4879075](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4879075))

## stupid

Used about 6 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6). Meaning: [stupid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stupid/).

- Він не **дурень**.
  He's not **stupid**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by uaspeaker and CM · checked, community translation · [\#526990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/526990) [\#468911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468911))

- Він не **дурень**.
  He is not **stupid**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by uaspeaker and CK · checked, community translation · [\#302395](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/302395) [\#468911](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468911))

- Який же він **дурень**!
  How **stupid** he is!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#36117](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36117) [\#514434](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/514434))

- Я не боягуз, але й не **дурень**.
  I'm not a coward, but I'm not **stupid** either.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Oleksandr\_Tahayev and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#5292114](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5292114) [\#7714606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7714606))

## senseless

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2). Meaning: [senseless in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/senseless/).

- Безумний чоловік не збагне того, а **дурень** не зрозуміє.
  A **senseless** man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 92:6)

- Бачить бо він, що розумні вмирають, що **дурень** і безумний разом пропадають, і достатки свої другим лишають.
  For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the **senseless** perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 49:10)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Я не такий **дурень**, щоб у це повірити.
  I am not so simple as to believe that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and mamat · checked, community translation · [\#254831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/254831) [\#522943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/522943))

- Том **дурень**.
  Tom is a moron.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2649097](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2649097) [\#5967004](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5967004))

- Хто, не вислухавши, відповідає, той **дурень** і стид на його спадає.
  He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 18:13)

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-uk/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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