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Dictionary English → German: despair

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edit	NOUN	despair \| -
edit	VERB	to despair \| despaired \| despaired ... despairing \| despairs
	SYNO	despair \| desperation
	despair \| desperation © Princeton University

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to despair

3220

verzweifeln

to despair

810

verzagen [geh.] [verzweifeln]

Nouns

despair

3425

Verzweiflung {f}

despair

386

Verzagen {n} [geh.] [Verzweiflung]

despair

Resignation {f}

despair

Zweifelmut {m} [veraltet] [Verzweiflung]

2 Words: Others

Don't despair!

Verzweifle nicht!

in despair {adv}

verzweifelt

with despair {adv}

vor Verzweiflung

2 Words: Verbs

to despair of sb./sth.

an jdm./etw. verzweifeln

2 Words: Nouns

black despair

dumpfe Verzweiflung {f}

black despair

völlige Verzweiflung {f}

blank despair

reine Verzweiflung {f}

blank despair

vollständige Verzweiflung {f}

despair (of)

Verzweiflung {f} (an)

sheer despair

reine Verzweiflung {f}

utter despair

tiefste Verzweiflung {f}

3 Words: Verbs

to be in despair

verzweifelt sein

to fall into despair

verzweifeln

to sink into despair

in Verzweiflung versinken

to yield to despair

der Verzweiflung erliegen

to yield to despair

sich^Akk. der Verzweiflung hingeben

3 Words: Nouns

abyss of despair

Abgrund {m} der Verzweiflung

anguish of despair

Qual {f} der Verzweiflung

acad. pharm. psych. behavioural despair test [(Porsolt) forced swimming test]

erzwungener Schwimmtest {m} (nach Porsolt)

death of despair

Tod {m} aus Verzweiflung

despair of civilization

Kulturpessimismus {m}

feeling of despair

Gefühl {n} der Hoffnungslosigkeit

feeling of despair

Gefühl {n} der Verzweiflung

grief and despair

verzweiflungsvoller Kummer {m}

4 Words: Verbs

to abandon oneself to despair

sich^Akk. der Verzweiflung hingeben

to alleviate despair and distress

Verzweiflung und Not mindern

to give way to despair

verzweifelt sein

4 Words: Nouns

courage (born) of despair

Mut {m} der Verzweiflung

step in / of despair

Verzweiflungsschritt {m}

5+ Words: Others

It's enough to drive one to despair.

Es ist zum Verzweifeln.

on the edge of despair {adv}

am Rande der Verzweiflung

idiom on top of the world, or in the depths of despair {adj}

himmelhoch jauchzend, zu Tode betrübt [Goethe]

5+ Words: Verbs

to bring sb. to the verge of despair

jdn. an den Rand der Verzweiflung bringen

to plumb the depths of despair [idiom]

die tiefste Verzweiflung erleben

to throw one's hands up in despair

(verzweifelt) die Hände über dem Kopf zusammenschlagen [Redewendung]

to throw one's hands up in despair

sich^Dat. (verzweifelt) an den Kopf fassen [Redewendung]

to vacillate between hope and despair

zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung schwanken

5+ Words: Nouns

days of anguish and despair

Tage {pl} der Angst und Verzweiflung

the despair of our times

die Verzweiflung {f} unserer Zeit

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F Despair [Vladimir Nabokov]

Verzweiflung

lit. F The Little Vampire in Despair

Der kleine Vampir liest vor [Angela Sommer-Bodenburg]

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