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German
Etymology
Wermut + -s- + Tropfen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːɐ̯muːt͡sˌtʁɔp͡fn̩/
Noun
Wermutstropfen m (strong, genitive Wermutstropfens, plural Wermutstropfen)
- (figurative, higher register) downer, wormwood (a bad aspect that comes as the consequence of something good)
- Synonym: Bitterkeit
2021 April 3, Plutonia Plarre, “Fahrradboom in Berlin: Fahrradfahren bleibt erlaubt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Der Aufschwung, den das Fahrradgewerbe erfährt, hat somit auch ein bisschen was von Gerechtigkeit. […] Allerdings gibt es einen Wermutstropfen: die Lieferengpässe.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Wermutstropfen
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