Dull

"Dull" in German

blöd

(not bright or intelligent)

blöde

(not bright or intelligent)

dumm

(not bright or intelligent)

dumpf

(not bright or intelligent)

fad

(boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring)

langweilig

(boring, not exciting or interesting — see also boring)

matt

(not shiny)

stumpf

(lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp)

stumpf

(not shiny)

trüb

(cloudy, overcast)

abstumpfen

(to render dull)

abstumpfen

(to soften, moderate or blunt)

abstumpfen

(to become dull)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.