
elend
e•lend
a
(=unglücklich, jämmerlich) pej
(=gemein) wretched, miserable
(=krank) wretched, awful inf , ill pred
mir ist ganz elend I feel really awful inf or wretched
mir wird ganz elend, wenn ich daran denke I feel quite ill when I think about it, thinking about it makes me feel quite ill
b inf
(=sehr groß) [Hunger, Hitze] awful, dreadful
(=sehr schlecht) [Wetter, Kälte, Leistung] wretched, dreadful, miserable
a
(=schlecht) wretchedly, miserably
elend aussehen to look awful inf or wretched
sich elend fühlen to feel awful inf or wretched
b inf
(=schlimm) dreadfully, terribly ich habe elend gefroren I was miserably or terribly cold da bin ich elend betrogen worden I was cheated terribly es war elend heiß/kalt it was awfully or dreadfully hot/miserably or dreadfully or terribly cold
Elend E•lend nt , -(e)s no pl
(=Unglück, Not) misery, distress
(=Verwahrlosung) squalor
(=Armut) poverty, penury
ein Bild des Elends a picture of misery/squalor
ins Elend geraten to fall into poverty, to be reduced to penury, to become destitute
im (tiefsten) Elend leben to live in (abject) misery/squalor/poverty
jdn/sich (selbst) ins Elend stürzen to plunge sb/oneself into misery/poverty
wie das leibhaftige Elend aussehen inf to look really awful inf or terrible inf
(wie) ein Häufchen Elend inf (looking) a picture of misery
das heulende Elend inf the blues pl inf
da kann man das heulende Elend kriegen inf it's enough to make you scream inf
es ist ein Elend mit ihm inf he makes you want to weep inf , he's hopeless
es ist ein Elend, ... inf it's heartbreaking ...
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lang →
adj, b
Translation German - English Collins Dictionary  

Elend E•lend nt , -(e)s no pl
(=Unglück, Not) misery, distress
(=Verwahrlosung) squalor
(=Armut) poverty, penury ein Bild des Elends a picture of misery/squalor ins Elend geraten to fall into poverty, to be reduced to penury, to become destitute im (tiefsten) Elend leben to live in (abject) misery/squalor/poverty jdn/sich (selbst) ins Elend stürzen to plunge sb/oneself into misery/poverty wie das leibhaftige Elend aussehen inf to look really awful inf or terrible inf (wie) ein Häufchen Elend inf (looking) a picture of misery das heulende Elend inf the blues pl inf da kann man das heulende Elend kriegen inf it's enough to make you scream inf es ist ein Elend mit ihm inf he makes you want to weep inf , he's hopeless es ist ein Elend, ... inf it's heartbreaking ... →
lang →
adj, b
elend e•lend
a
(=unglücklich, jämmerlich) pej
(=gemein) wretched, miserable
(=krank) wretched, awful inf , ill pred
mir ist ganz elend I feel really awful inf or wretched
mir wird ganz elend, wenn ich daran denke I feel quite ill when I think about it, thinking about it makes me feel quite ill
b inf
(=sehr groß) [Hunger, Hitze] awful, dreadful
(=sehr schlecht) [Wetter, Kälte, Leistung] wretched, dreadful, miserable
a
(=schlecht) wretchedly, miserably
elend aussehen to look awful inf or wretched
sich elend fühlen to feel awful inf or wretched
b inf
(=schlimm) dreadfully, terribly
ich habe elend gefroren I was miserably or terribly cold
da bin ich elend betrogen worden I was cheated terribly
es war elend heiß/kalt it was awfully or dreadfully hot/miserably or dreadfully or terribly cold
Translation German - English Collins Dictionary

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