Vocabulary
der
Frust
/fʁʊst/· noun· Pl. —
frustration (colloquial)
Der Frust — everyday word for frustration at work, in traffic or with bureaucracy: Frust haben, seinem Frust Luft machen, aus Frust.
CEFR C1Frequency ●●●●●colloquial
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Forms
- Singular
- der Frust
- Plural
- —
- Genitiv
- des Frustes
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Frust
frustration
Der Frust über die vielen Zugausfälle ist bei den Pendlern groß.
Commuters are very frustrated about the many cancelled trains.
Word family
Frustfrustrierento frustratefrustriertfrustrateddie Frustrationfrustration (formal)das Frustessencomfort eating
Common combinations
- seinem Frust Luft machento vent one's frustration
- Frust über + Akk.frustration about
- aus Frustout of frustration
- Frust schiebento be fed up (slang)
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
FrustrationÄrger
↔ Opposites
Freude
Common learner mistakes
- die Frustder FrustFrust is masculine, although the formal word is die Frustration.
Real examples
- Nach der dritten Absage hatte sie richtig Frust.After the third rejection she was really frustrated.
- Im Elternforum machen viele ihrem Frust über den Unterrichtsausfall Luft.In the parents' forum many vent their frustration about cancelled lessons.
- Aus Frust habe ich gestern eine ganze Tafel Schokolade gegessen.Out of frustration I ate a whole bar of chocolate yesterday.
