Blamage

See also: blamage

German

Etymology

From blamieren +‎ -age, coined by German students from two French components.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blaˈmaːʒə/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

Blamage f (genitive Blamage, plural Blamagen)

  1. public disgrace; loss of face (but usually milder)
    Synonyms: Beschämung; Bloßstellung; Peinlichkeit; (harsher, more moral) Schande; Schmach; Gesichtsverlust

Declension

Declension of Blamage [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Blamage die Blamagen
genitive einer der Blamage der Blamagen
dative einer der Blamage den Blamagen
accusative eine die Blamage die Blamagen

Descendants

  • → Czech: blamáž
  • → Dutch: blamage
  • → Polish: blamaż
  • → Serbo-Croatian: blamaža
  • → Slovak: blamáž
  • → Slovene: blamaža

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Noun

Blamage f (plural Blamagen)

  1. disgrace
  • blaméieren

Further reading

  • Blamage in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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