Pein
dieNoundie Finne (eines Hammers)
German translations
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German meaning: Pein ist ein Gefühl von starkem Unbehagen, Scham oder Verlegenheit. English meaning: embarrassment Synonym: Scham, Verlegenheit German example: Es war ihr eine große Pein, vor allen zu stolpern. English example: It was a great embarrassment for her to stumble in front of everyone. Type: Noun Article: die Singular Form: die Pein Plural Form: die Peinen
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Agonie
Word details
- German meaning
- Eine lächerliche oder peinliche Situation oder Person.
- English meaning
- Laughingstock
- Synonym
- Witzfigur, Gespött
- German example
- Seine Rede war eine totale Lachnummer.
- English example
- His speech was a total laughingstock.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Lachnummer
- Plural Form
- die Lachnummern
Related words
- Schmerz
Pein
- Fehlleistung
Slip of the tongue, mistake, blunder
- Schmutzwäsche
Dirty laundry refers to private and often embarrassing information about someone that is made public in order to damage the person.
- bloßstellen
to expose, to humiliate
- schmutzige Wäsche waschen
To air dirty laundry
- Peiniger
Tormentor
- Patzer
blunder, gaffe
- Fettnäpfchen
Blunder
- schmerzhaft
Painful
- verlegen
Embarrassed
- genant
embarrassing
- beschämend
shameful, embarrassing
- peinsam
Embarrassing
- schamhaft
modest, shy, bashful
- Versprecher
A slip of the tongue is an unintentional error in speech where words or sounds are transposed or mispronounced.
- martern
To torment
- Betrunkenheit
Drunkenness
- Trunkenheit
Drunkenness
- Patsche
Mess, predicament
- Peinlichkeit
Embarrassment
- foltern
To torture
- quälen
to torture
- verlegen
Embarrassed
- fremdschämen
To feel secondhand embarrassment
- peinigen
To torment, to torture
- zermartern
To rack one's brains
- Blamage
An embarrassment is an awkward situation or a shameful incident.
- Eklat
scandal, controversy
- Slipeinlage
A "panty liner" is a thin, absorbent hygiene product worn inside underwear to absorb light menstrual flow, discharge, or sweat.
- peinlich
Embarrassing
- Qual
Torment refers to severe physical or mental suffering.
- Fauxpas
faux pas
- Gambrinismus
Drunkenness, excessive beer consumption
- Fremdscham
vicarious embarrassment
- Verlegenheit
Embarrassment is a feeling of unease or discomfort in a social situation.
- Feigenblättchen
Fig leaf
- blamabel
shameful, disgraceful
- schmerzverzerrt
Pain-stricken
- peinlich
cringe
- peinlich
mortifying
- peinigen
to torture
- peinigen
to torment
- peinlich
embar
- peinlich machen
verlegen
- gepeinigt
torment
- Slipeinlage
panty liner
Example sentences with “Pein”
The hammer has a ball pein. (Der Hammer hat eine Kugelfinne.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the German word for the 'pein' of a hammer?
The technical term is 'die Finne'. A ball-peen hammer is 'der Kugelfinnenhammer'.