"Übel" meaning in German

See Übel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʔyːbl̩/, /ˈʔyːbəl/ Audio: De-Übel.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German übel n (synonym übele, übel f); more at übel. Cognate with English evil. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|übel|g=n}} Middle High German übel n, {{cog|en|evil}} English evil Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Übel n (strong, genitive Übels, plural Übel) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Übels [genitive], Übel [plural], strong [table-tags], Übel [nominative, singular], Übel [definite, nominative, plural], Übels [genitive, singular], Übel [definite, genitive, plural], Übel [dative, singular], Übeln [dative, definite, plural], Übel [accusative, singular], Übel [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a problem, an unfavorable result, something causing suffering or unpleasantness, an evil Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Übel-de-noun-NG8JnBzb
  2. bad (an economic good with a negative price) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Übel-de-noun-Ti3F78-r
  3. (archaic) illness; suffering Tags: archaic, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Übel-de-noun-LRbLKryN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Erzübel, notwendiges Übel, zu allem Übel Related terms: übel

Symbol

IPA: /ˈʔyːbl̩/, /ˈʔyːbəl/ Audio: De-Übel.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German übel n (synonym übele, übel f); more at übel. Cognate with English evil. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|übel|g=n}} Middle High German übel n, {{cog|en|evil}} English evil Head templates: {{head|de|symbol}} Übel
  1. (in Austria) The letter Ü in the German spelling alphabet.
    Sense id: en-Übel-de-symbol-pqykDkED Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German symbols, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 7 68 Disambiguation of German symbols: 8 3 14 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 2 9 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 2 6 64

Inflected forms

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          "text": "variants: Übermut (in Germany), uniform echo (spelling of the digraph ue)/uniform with umlaut (international)"
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          "text": "Du musst das kleinere Übel wählen.",
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          "english": "a necessary evil",
          "text": "ein notwendiges Übel",
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          "english": "remedy the problem",
          "text": "dem Übel abhelfen",
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