Translation for "tüftelte" to english

Tüftelte

verb

• puzzle
• fiddle about

Translation examples

puzzle verb

Ich fuhr auf Autopilot in die Bronx, tüftelte noch immer an dem Puzzle in meinem Kopf.
I headed for the Bronx on automatic pilot, still working the puzzle in my head.

Meno saß abends im Tausendaugenhaus im Mantel an der Schreibmaschine oder am Mikroskop, trug Handschuhe mit abgeschnittenen Fingerspitzen, tüftelte an Gutachten und an Judith Schevolas Prosa, studierte zoologische Präparate, die ihm Arbogast geliehen hatte.
In the evening Meno would sit at his typewriter or microscope in the House with a Thousand Eyes wearing his coat and gloves with the fingertips cut off, puzzling over reports or Judith Schevola’s prose, studying zoological preparations Arbogast had lent him.

fiddle about verb

An der tüftelte er lange, keine Idee war Erfolg versprechend.
He fiddled about with that for a long time; none of his ideas looked like being really successful.