Bredouille

See also: bredouille and bredouillé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French bredouille.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bredouille f (genitive Bredouille, no plural)

  1. quandary, jam, pickle (dilemma, a difficult decision or choice)
    Da war ich ganz schön in der Bredouille.
    I was in quite the pickle there.

Usage notes

Used chiefly in set phrases:

in der Bredouille sein
in der Bredouille sitzen
in die Bredouille bringen

Declension

Declension of Bredouille [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Bredouille
genitive einer der Bredouille
dative einer der Bredouille
accusative eine die Bredouille

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