Verlegenheit

German

Etymology

verlegen (“embarrassed”) +‎ -heit

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

embarrassment
an uninvited, but not necessarily embarrassing, situation
In der Verlegenheit, singen zu müssen.
In the situation of having to sing.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Verlegenheit” in Duden online
“Verlegenheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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