Vocabulary
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Pech
/pɛç/· noun· Pl. —
bad luck
When everything goes wrong — and what friends say to comfort you: So ein Pech!
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Forms
- Singular
- das Pech
- Plural
- —
- Genitiv
- des Pechs
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Pech
bad luck
Wir hatten mit dem Wetter Pech.
We were unlucky with the weather.
Word family
Pechder Pechvogelunlucky persondie Pechsträhnerun of bad luckpechschwarzpitch-black
Common combinations
- Pech habento be unlucky
- So ein Pech!What bad luck!
- Pech gehabt!Tough luck!
Similar & opposite
↔ Opposites
das Glück
Common learner mistakes
- Ich habe schlechtes Glück.Ich habe Pech.German has its own word for bad luck: Pech. „schlechtes Glück“ doesn't exist.
Real examples
- So ein Pech — der letzte Bus war schon weg!What bad luck — the last bus had already gone!
- Wir hatten Pech: Das Museum war wegen Renovierung geschlossen.We were unlucky: the museum was closed for renovation.
- Pech gehabt, das Konzert ist ausverkauft.Tough luck, the concert is sold out.
