| Subject | English | German |
| gen. | Ask a stupid question, and you get a stupid answer. | Auf eine dumme Frage bekommt man eine dumme Antwort. |
| gen. | he was stupid enough to throw it away | er hat es dummerweise weggeworfen |
| inf. | He's as stupid as they come. | Er ist dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt. |
| gen. | ... I hate to ask stupid questions, but ... | Ich hasse es, dumme Fragen zu stellen, aber |
| gen. | "Keep It Simple, Stupid" principle | Prinzip "Halte es möglichst einfach!" |
| gen. | most stupid of all | allerdümmste |
| inf. | most stupid user imaginable | dümmster anzunehmender User (EDV-Jargon; DAU) |
| gen. | No one'd be stupid enough to try to take you on their own. | Niemand kann so dumm sein, alleine gegen Sie vorzugehen. |
| gen. | poor/stupid creature | armes/dummes Luder |
| inf., BrE | stupid ass | Hornochse |
| rude | stupid-ass | Scheiß- |
| inf., BrE | stupid ass | Blödmann |
| gen. | stupid business | Käse (ugs.: dumme Angelegenheit) |
| inf. | stupid cow | blöde Kuh |
| inf., fig. | stupid fool | dummes Huhn |
| gen. | stupid fool | Blödmann |
| gen. | stupid idiot | Dummkopf |
| gen. | stupid idiot | Blödmann |
| jarg. | stupid person | Pappnase |
| jarg., literal. | stupid person | Dumpfbacke |
| gen. | stupid person's advertisement SPAM | Werbung dummer Leute |
| transp. | Stupid previous owner | Idiot von Vorbesitzer |
| inf. | stupid sod | Blödmann |
| jarg. | stupid talk | Gesülze |
| jarg. | stupid talk | Gebrabbel |
| jarg. | stupid talk | Geschwalle |
| jarg. | stupid talk | Gesabbel |
| jarg. | stupid talk | Gebabbel (used in Hessen (Frankfurt and surroundings)) |
| inf. | stupid thing | Blödsinnigkeit Verhalten |
| gen. | stupid thing to do | Ochserei ugs. : Dummheit |
| gen. | stupid thing to do | Dummheit (Handlung) |
| inf. | stupid twerp | Dumpfbeutel |
| inf. | stupid twerp | Dummbeutel |
| gen. | That was a stupid thing to do. | Das war ein Schildbürgerstreich. |
| inf. | That was as stupid as you can get. | Das war dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt. |
| inf. | What a stupid thing to wish! | Was für ein dummer Wunsch! (Andrey Truhachev) |
| inf. | You're a stupid fool! | Du bist ein Rindvieh! (Andrey Truhachev) |
