Trübsal

German

Etymology

From Middle High German trüebesal, from Old High German truobisal (11th c.). Equivalent to trüb (“turbid, troubled, sad”) +‎ -sal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʁyːpˌzaːl/, /ˈtʁyːp.zal/
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Noun

Trübsal f (genitive Trübsal, plural Trübsale)

(formal, literary, except in Trübsal blasen) a sad, troubled emotional state
Mein bester Freund steht mir auch in Zeiten der Trübsal bei.
My best friend stands by me, even in times of sadness
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:
  Ihr beyden die ihr mir so oft, / In Noth und Trübsal, beygestanden, / Sagt was ihr wohl, in deutschen Landen, / Von unsrer Unternehmung hofft?
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Declension

Declension of Trübsal [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Trübsal	die	Trübsale
genitive	einer	der	Trübsal	der	Trübsale
dative	einer	der	Trübsal	den	Trübsalen
accusative	eine	die	Trübsal	die	Trübsale

Further reading

“Trübsal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Trübsal”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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