Mitleidenschaft

== German == === Etymology === mitleiden (“to feel compassion”) +‎ -schaft (“-ship”) or Mitleid (“compassion”) +‎ -en- +‎ -schaft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪtˌlaɪ̯dn̩ʃaft/ === Noun === Mitleidenschaft f (genitive Mitleidenschaft, plural (uncommon) Mitleidenschaften) (literally, now rare) the state or quality of suffering due to compassion for someone else's suffering (by extension, in set phrases, chiefly in the singular) embroilment, involvement (the state or quality of suffering negative consequences caused by someone or something else) in Mitleidenschaft ziehen ― to affect (negatively), to involve ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Mitleidenschaft” in Duden online “Mitleidenschaft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Mitleidenschaft” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.