"Elend" meaning in German

See Elend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-at-Elend.ogg , De-Elend.ogg Forms: Elends [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Elend [nominative, singular], Elends [genitive, singular], Elend [dative, singular], Elend [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From elend. Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} Elend n (strong, genitive Elends, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. misery Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong Derived forms: elendig, verelenden
    Sense id: en-Elend-de-noun-ZEB~TTPg Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From elend.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Elends",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "neuter strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Elend",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elends",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Elend",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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  ],
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "elendig"
        },
        {
          "word": "verelenden"
        }
      ],
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          "english": "Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.",
          "ref": "1844, Karl Marx, “Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie – Einleitung [A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right – Introduction]”, in Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher [German-French Annals], Paris, translation of original in German:",
          "text": "Das religiöse Elend ist in einem der Ausdruck des wirklichen Elendes und in einem die Protestation gegen das wirkliche Elend.",
          "translation": "Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.",
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          "english": "The misery of the universities begins, as we have seen, already in the primary schools and high schools.",
          "ref": "1927, Adolf Halfeld, Amerika und der Amerikanismus. Kritische Betrachtungen eines Deutschen und Europäers, Jena: Eugen Diederichs, pages 206–207:",
          "text": "Das Elend der Universitäten beginnt, wie wir sahen, schon bei den Grundschulen und High Schools.",
          "translation": "The misery of the universities begins, as we have seen, already in the primary schools and high schools.",
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      "word": "verelenden"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "Elend",
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          "text": "Das religiöse Elend ist in einem der Ausdruck des wirklichen Elendes und in einem die Protestation gegen das wirkliche Elend.",
          "translation": "Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering.",
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          "text": "Das Elend der Universitäten beginnt, wie wir sahen, schon bei den Grundschulen und High Schools.",
          "translation": "The misery of the universities begins, as we have seen, already in the primary schools and high schools.",
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}

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