Bredouille
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See also: bredouille and bredouillé
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French bredouille.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bredouille f (genitive Bredouille, no plural)
- quandary, jam, pickle (dilemma, a difficult decision or choice)
- Da war ich ganz schön in der Bredouille.
- I was in quite the pickle there.
Usage notes[edit]
Used chiefly in set phrases:
Declension[edit]
Declension of Bredouille [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading[edit]
- “Bredouille” in Duden online
- Bredouille on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de