Armutszeugnis

German

Etymology

From Armut (“poverty”) + Zeugnis (“certificate”)

Pronunciation
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Noun

Armutszeugnis n (genitive Armutszeugnisses, plural Armutszeugnisse)

  1. (historical, law) certificate of poverty
  2. (figuratively) grave, damning indictment; a poor show; it's sad; sign/proof of inadequacy, incompetence, moral poverty, cowardice, etc.

Declension
Declension of Armutszeugnis
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Armutszeugnis die Armutszeugnisse
genitive eines des Armutszeugnisses der Armutszeugnisse
dative einem dem Armutszeugnis,
Armutszeugnisse1		 den Armutszeugnissen
accusative ein das Armutszeugnis die Armutszeugnisse
1Now uncommon, see notes

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