noun#5,840 by frequency
der Missbrauch
abuse, cruel treatment; misuse, wrong use
- genitive
- des Missbrauches
- plural
- die Missbräuche
- built from
- Miss + Brauch
Meanings
- 1
abuse, cruel treatment — not in the sense of “verbal abuse, insult”
Er wurde wegen Missbrauchs öffentlicher Mittel verhaftet.
He was arrested for abusing public funds.
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- 2
misuse, wrong use
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derMissbrauch | dieMissbräuche |
| accusative | denMissbrauch | dieMissbräuche |
| dative | demMissbrauch | denMissbräuchen |
| genitive | desMissbrauches | derMissbräuche |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.