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Plage.

plague (affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈplaːɡə/
  1. plague (affliction or hardship, particularly when seen as a divine punishment)

    feminine
    Sie ertrug alle Plagen des Krieges mit großer Tapferkeit.
    Manche Menschen erachten Aids als Plage für die Unzüchtigen.
  2. plague; epidemic

    feminine
    In Teilen des Landes ist eine Mückenplage ausgebrochen.
  3. nuisance; annoyance; something annoying

    feminine · informal
    Diese neuen Glühbirnen sind echt ’ne Plage.
Where this word comes from

From early Middle High German plāge, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”). The word was originally chiefly Central German, therefore sometimes secondarily adapted to the Upper German consonantism as (later) Middle High German pflāge, which form did not last, however. More at plague.

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