peinlich
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ̯nˌlɪç/
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Adjective
peinlich (strong nominative masculine singular peinlicher, comparative peinlicher, superlative am peinlichsten)
- woeful, hurtful
- (archaic) penal, applying criminal law, having to do with jurisprudence competent for capital punishment
- (archaic, relational) pertaining to or containing torture
- ein peinliches Verhör ― a painful interrogation
- (now most common meaning) embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward
- Synonyms: blamabel, unangenehm, beschämend
- Es gab eine peinliche Stille. ― There was an awkward silence.
- Mir unterlief ein peinlicher Fehler. ― I made an embarrassing mistake.
- (obsolete) crotchety, truculent
- Synonyms: schwierig, nervig, ärgerlich, haderlich, streitsüchtig, streitwillig
- (usually adverbial) meticulous
Declension
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Superlative forms of peinlich
Derived terms
- Peinlichkeit
- überpeinlich
Further reading
- “peinlich” in Duden online
- “peinlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “peinlich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “peinlich” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.
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