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fool noun

  /fuːl/ , /fʉl/ , /fʊu(l)/
  • (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
 Narr, Närrin, Eulenspiegel, Ulenspiegel
  • (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
 Narr, Dummkopf, Tor, Närrin, Pute, Trottel
  • (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
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  • (literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
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  • (tarot, often, capitalized, _, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
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fool verb

  /fuːl/ , /fʉl/ , /fʊu(l)/
  • (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
 verarschen, vormachen, betrügen, täuschen, schwindeln
April fool
Aprilscherz
fool around
herumalbern
fool's gold
Katzengold, Narrengold
there's no fool like an old fool
Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht
fool's errand
Metzgergang, vergebliche Mühe
make a fool of
bloßstellen, Gespött
fool's mate
Narrenmatt
play the fool
den Narren spielen
fool's cap
Narrenkappe
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