Hiobsbotschaft

== German == === Etymology === From Hiob +‎ -s- +‎ Botschaft. From the Biblical story in which many bad things happen to Hiob (“Job”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiːɔpsˌboːtʃaft/ Hyphenation: Hi‧obs‧bot‧schaft === Noun === Hiobsbotschaft f (genitive Hiobsbotschaft, plural Hiobsbotschaften) Job's news, bad news ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Hiobsbotschaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “Hiobsbotschaft” in Duden online