Noun: Ressentiment
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Ressentiment |
| Plural | Ressentiments |
Definite
| Singular | das Ressentiment |
| Plural | die Ressentiments |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Ressentiments |
| Plural | Ressentiments |
Definite
| Singular | des Ressentiments |
| Plural | der Ressentiments |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Ressentiment |
| Plural | Ressentiments |
Definite
| Singular | dem Ressentiment |
| Plural | den Ressentiments |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Ressentiment |
| Plural | Ressentiments |
Definite
| Singular | das Ressentiment |
| Plural | die Ressentiments |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: Groll m, Missgunst f, Unmut m, Verbitterung f
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Den Nachbarn zu kennen, beugt Ressentiments vor. (Knowing your neighbours prevents resentment.)
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Mit vielen vermeintlich sachlichen Argumenten und Statistiken rechtfertigt er seine Ressentiments und seine nationalistische Haltung. (He justifies his resentment and nationalistic attitude with many supposedly objective arguments and statistics.)
Nouns inflected like Ressentiment
Großraumbüro,
Mocktail,
Goldmedaillon,
Blümchenkaffee,
Séparée,
Energietransfer,
Zwetschgendatschi,
Eineurojob,
Emailmedaillon,
Bräunungsspray,
Baschlik,
Bodyguard,
Boonekamp,
Baseball,
Katzencafé,
Akkordeon,
Leitungscode,
Stresstest,
Passepartout,
Wunderwuzi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). See: French Nouns '
ressentiment', Latin Nouns '
sentiō, sentīre'.
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