Jump to content

Verlegenheit

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

German

[edit]
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

[edit]

verlegen (embarrassed) +‎ -heit

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

[edit]

Verlegenheit f (genitive Verlegenheit, plural Verlegenheiten)

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

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]