Word | Der kleine Mann ist enttäuscht. |
Meaning | The little man is disappointed. |
Part of speech | sentence |
Pronunciation | |
Course | German |
Lesson | Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes - Teil 6 |
Breakdown of Der kleine Mann ist enttäuscht.
the man | der Mann |
small | klein |
is | ist |
disappointed; frustrated | enttäuscht actually an interesting word to dissect...
Tausch = change / exchange (instead of one thing I have put another)
täuschen = to cheat s.o by telling/giving/showing him a thing for another ent- has the same effect on a word as a needle on a balloon The Mann was ge-täusch-t (perfect participle) by some hope, some illusion. Now the balloon has popped. He is disillusioned. However it translates as: disappointed |
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