Bredouille

See also: bredouille and bredouillé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bredouille.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bredouille f (genitive Bredouille, no plural)

1. 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

Used chiefly in set phrases:

in der Bredouille sein

in der Bredouille sitzen

in die Bredouille bringen

Declension

Declension of Bredouille [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bredouille
genitive	einer	der	Bredouille
dative	einer	der	Bredouille
accusative	eine	die	Bredouille

Further reading

• “Bredouille” in Duden online
• Bredouille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de