misfortune

noun

1) no pl., no art. (bad luck) Missgeschick, das

suffer misfortune — [viel] Unglück haben

2) (stroke of fate) Schicksalsschlag, der; (unlucky incident) Missgeschick, das

it was his misfortune or he had the misfortune to ... — er hatte das Pech, zu ...

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[mis'fo: ən]

noun

((a piece of) bad luck: I had the misfortune to break my leg.) das Unglück

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mis·for·tune

[mɪsˈfɔ:tʃu:n, AM -ˈfɔ:rtʃən]

n

1. no pl (bad luck) Pech nt, Unglück nt

I had the [or it was my] \misfortune ... ich hatte das Pech ...

to suffer \misfortune viel Unglück haben, vom Unglück verfolgt sein

2. (mishap) Missgeschick nt kein pl, unglücklicher Umstand

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[mɪs'fɔːtʃuːn]

n

(= ill fortune, affliction) (schweres) Schicksal or Los nt; (= bad luck) Pech nt no pl; (= unlucky incident) Missgeschick nt

companion in misfortune — Leidensgenosse m/-genossin f

it was my misfortune or I had the misfortune to ... — ich hatte das Pech, zu ...

a victim of misfortune — ein Unglücksrabe or Pechvogel m

misfortune seldom comes alone — ein Unglück kommt selten allein (prov)

financial misfortunes — finanzielle Fehlschläge pl

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misfortune s

1. schweres Schicksal, Unglück n:

it is easy to bear the misfortunes of others (Sprichwort) das Unglück anderer ist leicht zu ertragen;

misfortunes never come singly (Sprichwort) ein Unglück kommt selten allein;

have the misfortune das Pech haben (to be zu sein); → academic.ru/14710/companion">companion¹ A 2

2. a) Unglücksfall m

b) Missgeschick n

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noun

1) no pl., no art. (bad luck) Missgeschick, das

suffer misfortune — [viel] Unglück haben

2) (stroke of fate) Schicksalsschlag, der; (unlucky incident) Missgeschick, das

it was his misfortune or he had the misfortune to ... — er hatte das Pech, zu ...

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n.

Missgeschick n.

Unfall -¨e m.