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German
Etymology
Leiden (“suffering”) + -s- + Genosse (“companion, partner”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Leidensgenosse m (weak, genitive Leidensgenossen, plural Leidensgenossen, feminine Leidensgenossin)
- companion in misfortune
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 401:[…] und daß der militärische Joachim, auf nichts als rasche Genesung bedacht, der näheren Berührung und Gemeinschaft mit den Leidensgenossen grundsätzlich abhold war: […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Leidensgenosse
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