Mitleidenschaft

Meaning

1. (archaic, feminine, literally) the state or quality of suffering due to compassion for someone else's suffering
2. (broadly, feminine, singular) embroilment, involvement (the state or quality of suffering negative consequences caused by someone or something else)

Concepts

affect

emotion

blow received by a bystander

affection

Synonyms

Liebe

❤️

Zuneigung

Schädigung als Unbeteiligter

Translations

emoção

concernent

affectons

affetto

afeição

afete

afecte

heyecan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪtˌlaɪ̯dn̩ʃaft/

Etymology

mitleiden (“to feel compassion”) + -schaft (“-ship”) or Mitleid (“compassion”) + -en- + -schaft.

Sentences

Auch die Kirche wurde in Mitleidenschaft gezogen .

The church was also affected.