Elend
See also: elend
German edit
Etymology edit
From elend.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
Declension edit
Declension of Elend [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Elend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Elend” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Elend” in Duden online
- Elend on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de