Elend
See also: elend
German
Etymology
From elend.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Elend n (strong, genitive Elends, no plural)
- misery
- 1927, Adolf Halfeld, Amerika und der Amerikanismus. Kritische Betrachtungen eines Deutschen und Europäers, Jena: Eugen Diederichs, pages 206–207:
- Das Elend der Universitäten beginnt, wie wir sahen, schon bei den Grundschulen und High Schools.
- The misery of the universities begins, as we have seen, already in the primary schools and high schools.
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Declension
Declension of Elend [sg-only, neuter, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Elend |
| genitive | eines | des | Elends |
| dative | einem | dem | Elend |
| accusative | ein | das | Elend |
Derived terms
- elendig
- verelenden
Further reading
- “Elend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Elend” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Elend” in Duden online
Elend on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de