noun#4,013 by frequency
das Unglück
/ˈʊnˌɡlʏk/
bad luck; misfortune; unhappiness; sorrow
- genitive
- des Unglückes
- plural
- die Unglücke
- built from
- Ung + Lück
Meanings
- 1
bad luck; misfortune
Das Unglück einiger macht das Glück anderer.
One man's misfortune is another man's fortune.
Tatoeba · felix63 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Er hatte das Unglück, seinen Sohn zu verlieren.
He had the misfortune to lose his son.
Tatoeba · samueldora · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
unhappiness; sorrow
- 3
accident, calamity, catastrophe
Da muss es früher oder später zu einem Unglück kommen.
It's an accident waiting to happen.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasUnglück | dieUnglücke |
| accusative | dasUnglück | dieUnglücke |
| dative | demUnglück | denUnglücken |
| genitive | desUnglückes | derUnglücke |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.