Vocabulary
die
Drohung
· noun· Pl. die Drohungen
threat
When someone tells you what bad thing will happen if you don't do what they want — in a Krimi, in politics, in a bitter argument.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Drohung
- Plural
- die Drohungen
- Genitiv
- der Drohung
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Drohung
threat
Es hatte beinahe höflich geklungen, und doch hatte Marta noch nie eine Drohung so deutlich verstanden.
It had sounded almost polite, and yet Marta had never understood a threat so clearly.
Word family
Drohungdrohento threaten (jemandem drohen)bedrohento threaten, to menace (jemanden bedrohen)bedrohlichmenacing, threatening
Common combinations
- eine Drohung ernst nehmento take a threat seriously
- eine leere Drohungan empty threat
Real examples
- Es hatte beinahe höflich geklungen, und doch hatte Marta noch nie eine Drohung so deutlich verstanden.It had sounded almost polite, and yet Marta had never understood a threat so clearly.
- Die Polizei nimmt die Drohung sehr ernst.The police are taking the threat very seriously.
