Noun
die Blamage
Pronunciation: /blaˈmaːʒə/
public disgrace; loss of face (but usually milder)
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plural Blamagen
Meanings
Noun
- public disgrace; loss of face (but usually milder)
Example sentence
Die Niederlage war für den Verein eine Blamage.
The defeat was a disgrace for the club.
Word forms
singular
die Blamage
plural
die Blamagen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Blamage
Accusativedie Blamage
Dativeder Blamage
Genitiveder Blamage
Plural
Nominativedie Blamagen
Accusativedie Blamagen
Dativeden Blamagen
Genitiveder Blamagen
Usage
- eine peinliche Blamage — An embarrassing failure or loss of face.
- sich blamieren — Embarrass oneself; the related reflexive verb.
Die vergessene Rede wurde für ihn zu einer Blamage.
Forgetting his speech turned into an embarrassment for him.