Noun
die Schlappe
defeat, flop, disadvantageous outcome (in a game, election, contest, battle etc.)
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plural Schlappen
Meanings
Noun
- defeat, flop, disadvantageous outcome (in a game, election, contest, battle etc.)
- slide, slipper (one of a pair of footwear open in the back, a shoe from which the back has been cut off)
In a sentence
Die Partei musste bei der Wahl eine schwere Schlappe hinnehmen.
The party had to accept a heavy defeat in the election.
Forms
singular
die Schlappe
plural
die Schlappen