Sündenbabel
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sünde (“sin”) + -n- + Babel (“Babel, Babylon”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sündenbabel n (strong, genitive Sündenbabels, plural Sündenbabel)
- (derogatory) a place rife with hedonism or sin, particularly of sexual nature; sink of iniquity
- Synonym: Sündenpfuhl
- Amsterdam ist das Sündenbabel Europas.
- Amsterdam is Europe’s sink of iniquity.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sündenbabel [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Sündenbabel” in Duden online
- “Sündenbabel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache