Skrupel
See also: skrupel
German edit
Etymology edit
16th century, from Latin scrūpulus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Skrupel m (strong, genitive Skrupels, plural Skrupel)
- (often in the plural) scruple, qualm (moral hesitation)
- Synonyms: Bedenken, Gewissensbiss, Gewissensnot, Vorbehalt, Zurückhaltung, Zweifel
- 1995, “Bonanzarad”, in Männer können seine Gefühle nicht zeigen, performed by Fischmob:
- Tret ich in die Pedale, dann glühen die Reifen / Ich kenn weder Skrupel, noch Zebrastreifen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Skrupel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Skrupel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891