Missgeschick

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

miss- +‎ Geschick

Pronunciation

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Noun

Missgeschick n (strong, genitive Missgeschickes or Missgeschicks, plural Missgeschicke)

  1. mishap
    Synonym: Malheur
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 2, in Buddenbrooks […] ‎[1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 437:
      Aber ich fürchte immer, du hast dich in letzter Zeit durch ein und das andere Mißgeschick einschüchtern lassen …
      But lately I am afraid you have let yourself get discouraged by this or that piece of bad luck.

Declension

Declension of Missgeschick [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Missgeschick die Missgeschicke
genitive eines des Missgeschickes, Missgeschicks der Missgeschicke
dative einem dem Missgeschick, Missgeschicke1 den Missgeschicken
accusative ein das Missgeschick die Missgeschicke

1Now rare, see notes.

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