bad luck
Unglück (from Middle High German gelücke as 'the way something closes, goes out or ends' or 'what ends well'; see English luck ) describes both a persistent emotional state of unhappiness , e.g. B. a persistent grief, as well as something ominous , usually a sudden, bad event, and can refer to an accident , a complication or a catastrophe .
Details
The misfortune is not an illness, but the result of a concrete event (such as a divorce ) or a condition (such as infirmity) or a disappointed expectation . The terms “this misfortune broke his heart”, “an unhappy marriage” or “an unhappy disposition” refer to this.
The reasons why someone feels unhappy can vary widely and are often subjective . The forms of expression of unhappiness also differ greatly.
The popular belief is replete with signs ( omina ) of an accident, such as when a black cat crosses the road from right to left or mirror breaks. In some societies the birth of a daughter or an albino has been or is viewed as a "misfortune".
See also
literature
- bad luck. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 24 : U – Uzvogel - (XI, 3rd section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1936, Sp. 992-1010 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- Paul Watzlawick : Instructions on how to be unhappy . Piper Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-492-02835-7 .
Web links
- Literature about misfortune in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Duden (dictionary of the German language) on "Unglück"
- Luck archive
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Kluge , Alfred Götze : Etymological dictionary of the German language . 20th ed., Ed. by Walther Mitzka , De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1967; Reprint (“21st unchanged edition”) ibid 1975, ISBN 3-11-005709-3 , p. 262 ( luck ) and 339 ( hatch : lock).
- ↑ Unglück, das. In: Adelung: Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect. Volume 4. Leipzig 1801, p. 869 ( zeno.org ).
- ↑ Renate Syed: The daughter is a misfortune. Discrimination against girls in India of old and now. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04334-2 .