Bedrängnis
German, noun/bəˈdʁɛŋnɪs/
Bedrängnis is spelled B-E-D-R-Ä-N-G-N-I-S (10 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedrängnis is a German feminine noun meaning “hardship, distress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwierige, unangenehme Lage”.
What does Bedrängnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneuterhardship, distress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schwierige, unangenehme Lage
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bedrängnis
- Bedrängnisses genitive
- Bedrängnisse plural
- Bedrängnissen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bedrängnis?
- /bəˈdʁɛŋnɪs/
- [bəˈdʁɛŋnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bedrängnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bedrängnis in German?
Bedrängnis appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).