Hoffnung
dieNounhope
English translations
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hope
Word details
- German meaning
- Hoffnung ist das Gefühl, dass etwas Gutes passieren wird oder dass ein Wunsch in Erfüllung geht.
- English meaning
- Hope is the feeling that something good will happen or that a wish will come true.
- Synonym
- Zuversicht, Erwartung
- German example
- Ich habe die Hoffnung, dass alles gut wird.
- English example
- I have hope that everything will be alright.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Hoffnung
- Plural Form
- die Hoffnungen
Related words
- hoffnungsvoll
Hopeful
- Hoffnungslosigkeit
Hopelessness
- hoffnungslos
Hopeless
- Hoffnungsträger
A beacon of hope is a person from whom one expects great positive developments or successes.
- Hoffnungsschimmer
Glimmer of hope
- erleschen
Extinguished
- irrlichtern
To flicker, to mislead
- unverbesserlich
Incorrigible, hopeless
- optimistisch
Optimistic
- illusionär
Illusionary means based on an illusion or misleading.
- verzweifelt
Desperate
- vielversprechend
promising
- desperat
desperate
- erwartend
expectant, anticipating
- aussichtslos
Hopeless
- verzweifeln
To despair
- heillos
hopeless
- perspektivlos
Without prospects, hopeless
- zugespitzt
Tense
- Wunschdenken
Wishful thinking
- Erwartung
Expectation
- Tristesse
gloom, sadness, bleakness
- Optimismus
optimism
- Verzweiflung
despair
- Mutlosigkeit
Discouragement
- Strohhälmchen
Straw
- Anadiplose
Anadiplosis is a rhetorical device in which the last word or words of one sentence or clause are repeated at the beginning of the next sentence or clause.
- Romantiker
Romantic
- erwartungsfroh
full of anticipation
- desillusioniert
Disillusioned
- zerrinnen
To slip away means to disappear or dissolve slowly and relentlessly, often figuratively for time or hope.
- zocken
to gamble
- abwandern
to migrate, to emigrate
- emporblicken
To look up, to gaze upwards
- chancenlos
Hopeless means having no chance of success or gain.
- ausweglos
Hopeless
- resigniert
Resigned
- trostlos
bleak
- Narrengold
Fool's gold is a colloquial term for pyrite, a mineral that is often mistaken for gold due to its metallic luster and golden-yellow color.
- Kap
cape
- Chimäre
Chimera
- Schwärmerin
Dreamer refers to a person who easily gets enthusiastic and idealizes something or someone.
- Friedenstaube
A peace dove is a symbol of peace, often depicted as a white dove carrying an olive branch in its beak.
- verkörpert
embodies
- kafkaesk
Kafkaesque
- schwindend
Dwindling
- unrettbar
Unsalvageable
- Schimäre
Chimera
Example sentences with “Hoffnung”
Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt. (Hope dies last.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the gender of Hoffnung?
It is feminine (die). The plural is 'die Hoffnungen'.