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der Schaulustige (-n)  gawker, onlooker, rubbernecker, spectator (m.)
die Schaulustige (-n)  gawker, onlooker, rubbernecker, spectator (f.)
Schaulustige (pl.)  gawkers, onlookers, rubberneckers, spectators
(Note: This noun is declined like an adjective.)

Allerdings wurde die Arbeit der Polizei durch Schaulustige erschwert, die auf dem Randstreifen der Autobahn parkten.
But the work of the police was made more difficult by onlookers who parked on the edge of the autobahn.

Related: der Gaffer gawker, lookie-loo

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