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peinlich

B1 Adjective frequency rank #2,234

What peinlich means

Adjective

  1. embarrassing, cringeworthy, or otherwise awkward, perverse, adverse, untoward
  2. woeful, hurtful
  3. meticulous

Pronunciation

peinlich in a sentence

Es gab eine peinliche Stille.

There was an awkward silence.

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peinlich is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #2,234 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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