Bredouille
See also: bredouille and bredouillé
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French bredouille.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bredouille f (genitive Bredouille, no plural)
- quandary, jam, pickle (dilemma, a difficult decision or choice)
- Da war ich ganz schön in der Bredouille.
- I was in quite the pickle there.
Usage notes edit
Used chiefly in set phrases:
Declension edit
Declension of Bredouille [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Bredouille” in Duden online
- Bredouille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de