Trübsal

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German trüebesal, from Old High German truobisal (11th c.). Equivalent to trüb (“turbid, troubled, sad”) +‎ -sal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʁyːpˌzaːl/, /ˈtʁyːp.zal/ === Noun === Trübsal f (genitive Trübsal, plural Trübsale) (formal, literary, except in Trübsal blasen) a sad, troubled emotional state ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Trübsal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Trübsal”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891