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Bedauern

das Bedauern

Bedauern is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

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Why is it das Bedauern?

Bedauern is the verb bedauern used as a noun, and verbs used as nouns are always neuter: das Bedauern.

More verbs used as nouns
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Compassion with others

[1] Mitgefühl mit anderen

[2] Negative feeling about his own actions

[2] negatives Gefühl über seine eigenen Handlungen

Examples

[1] "Immediately empathize, find words of regret, that [Hannelore Kraft] always managed quite well, that was her brand core"

[1] „Sich einfühlen, Worte des Bedauerns finden, das hat [Hannelore Kraft] immer ganz gut hinbekommen, das ist ihr Markenkern geworden.“

[2] "My Canada has always been related to the Spessart, and I left the north without much regret"

[2] „Mein Kanada war schon immer mit dem Spessart verwandt, und ich verließ den Norden ohne großes Bedauern.“
More source examples (1)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "He was a lavish who had a lot of money and threw it out to the window without regret to satisfy all of his moods"

[1] „Er war ein Verschwender, der sehr viel Geld besaß und es ohne Bedauern zum Fenster hinauswarf, um alle seine Launen zu befriedigen.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Bedauern —
Genitiv des Bedauerns —
Dativ dem Bedauern —
Akkusativ das Bedauern —

Pronunciation

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