elend — EN↔DE

elend /ˈeːlɛnt/

adjective

1 wretched, miserable ‹existence, life, conditions, environment›;

eines elenden Todes sterben die a miserable death

2 (krank)

sich elend fühlen feel wretched; feel awful (informal);

mir ist/wird elend I feel/I am beginning to feel awful or terrible (informal)

3 (gemein) despicable ‹person, coward, allegation›

4 (informal) (besonders groß) dreadful (informal) ‹hunger, pain›

adverb

1 (jämmerlich) wretchedly; miserably;

elend zugrunde gehen come to a miserable or wretched end

2 (informal) (intensivierend) dreadfully (informal)