Polyglot Dictionary

Pech

/pɛç/

das noun A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. bad luck

    Opposite of Glück.

    • So ein Pech!

      What bad luck!

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual

Similar words

Unglück

Pech (literally "pitch, tar" — something sticky that clings to you) is light, colloquial bad luck: missing a bus, a flat tyre. Unglück is heavier — a real accident or tragedy, not just an annoyance.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

azar

azar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "bad luck."

Practice

1 What does Pech mean?

2 Fill the gap: So ein ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Pech?

Opposites

  • glück
nouncore-vocabulary

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