böses Erwachen

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “nasty awakening”. === Pronunciation === === Noun === böses Erwachen n (strong, definite nominative das böse Erwachen, genitive (des) bösen Erwachens, no plural) (idiomatic) rude awakening (a spontaneous realization that one's previous assumptions (or illusions) were false) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “böses Erwachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache