jämmerlich — EN↔DE

jämmerlich /ˈjɛmɐlɪç/

adjective

1 (Jammer ausdrückend) pathetic; pitiful

2 (beklagenswert) miserable ‹existence, conditions, etc.›; wretched ‹appearance, existence, etc.›

3 (ärmlich) pathetic; pitiful ‹conditions, clothing, housing›; paltry, meagre ‹quantity›; pitiful, sorry ‹state›

4 (derogatory) (minderwertig) contemptible ‹person›; pathetic, paltry ‹wages, sum›; pathetic, useless ‹piece of work etc.›

5 (sehr groß, stark) awful; terrible (informal)

adverb

1 (Jammer ausdrückend) pathetically; pitifully

2 (beklagenswert) miserably; hopelessly; pitifully;

jämmerlich versagen fail miserably or hopelessly

3 (ärmlich) pitifully; miserably

4 (derogatory) (schlecht) pathetically; hopelessly

5 (sehr, stark) terribly (informal);

jämmerlich frieren be frozen stiff