Dictionary English ← German: elend

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miserable {adj}

3796

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wretched {adj}

2757

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abject {adj}

1886

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baleful {adj} [archaic] [wretched, miserable]

213

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seedy {adj}

197

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sordid {adj}

196

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woeful {adj}

154

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forlorn {adj} [miserable, wretched] [e.g. house, state]

109

elend [erbärmlich, armselig] [z. B. Behausung, Zustand]

calamitous {adj}

80

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miserably {adv}

37

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caitiff {adj} [archaic]

31

elend [niederträchtig]

mean {adj}

30

elend [gemein]

balefully {adv} [archaic] [wretched, miserable]

28

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woefully {adv}

24

elend

wretchedly {adv}

11

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calamitously {adv}

7

elend

armly {adj} [obs.] [miserable, wretched]

5

elend [jämmerlich]

Nouns

hardship [condition]

1410

Elend {n}

1155

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1135

Elend {n}

765

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642

Elend {n}

311

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221

Elend {n}

166

Elend {n}

62

Elend {n}

56

Elend {n}

31

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29

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14

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11

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2 Words: Others

squalidly {adv}

in need {adv}

2 Words: Verbs

elend aussehen

to dwindle into misery

elend verkommen

2 Words: Nouns

äußerstes Elend {n}

stretch [Am.] [coll.]

langes Elend {n} [fig.] [ugs.]

social hardship

soziales Elend {n}

tiefstes Elend {n}

3 Words: Others

proverb Misery loves company. [People feeling sad want the people they are with to also feel sad.]

Elend sucht Elend. [selten]

3 Words: Verbs

to overcome adversity

(das) Elend überwinden

to alleviate the misery

das Elend lindern

to bring misery upon sb.

Elend über jdn. bringen

to become destitute

ins Elend geraten

to engulf sb. in misery

jdn. ins Elend stürzen

to feel miserable

sich elend fühlen

to feel ropey [Br.]

sich elend fühlen

to feel ropy [Br.]

sich elend fühlen

to feel wretched

sich elend fühlen

3 Words: Nouns

art bibl. relig. Christ in distress

Christus {m} im Elend

squalidness of the slums

Elend {n} der Armenviertel

glamour and gloom [misery]

Glanz {m} und Elend

4 Words: Others

idiom (looking) a picture of misery {adv}

(wie) ein Häufchen Elend [ugs.]

He felt as sick as a parrot. [Br.] [idiom] [He felt extremly miserable.]

Ihm war elend zumute.

4 Words: Verbs

to bring misery in its train

Elend im Gefolge haben

to put sb. out of his / her misery

jdn. aus seinem Elend befreien

4 Words: Nouns

struggle against misery

Kampf {m} gegen das Elend

5+ Words: Others

die, die im Elend leben [die im Elend Lebenden]

It's no end of trouble with him.

Es ist schon ein Elend mit ihm.

5+ Words: Verbs

to look like a picture of misery

aussehen wie ein Häufchen Elend

to cause sb. to be miserable

bewirken, dass sich^Akk. jd. elend fühlt

to whitewash the misery of the poor

das Elend der Armen beschönigen

to be a picture of misery

nur noch ein Häufchen Elend sein

Fiction (Literature and Film)

philos. F The Misery and the Splendor of Translation [José Ortega y Gasset]

Elend und Glanz der Übersetzung

lit. theatre F Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches [Bertolt Brecht]

lit. theatre F The Private Life of the Master Race

Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches [Bertolt Brecht]

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