böses Erwachen

German

Etymology

Literally, “nasty awakening”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

böses Erwachen n (strong, definite nominative das böse Erwachen, genitive (des) bösen Erwachens, no plural)

(idiomatic) rude awakening (a spontaneous realization that one's previous assumptions (or illusions) were false)
- 2023 January 7, Jens Uthoff, “Ukrainische Autorin über Russland: „Sprache ist verräterisch“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
  Der 24. Februar war ein böses Erwachen für ganz Europa.
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Declension

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Further reading

“böses Erwachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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