böses Erwachen

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German

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Etymology

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Literally, nasty awakening.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. (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[1], →ISSN:
      Der 24. Februar war ein böses Erwachen für ganz Europa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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