# das Glück im Unglück

das Glück im Unglück is a German noun meaning “blessing in disguise”.

## In other languages

- Русский: неприятность, обернувшаяся благом, не было бы счастья

## Meanings

1. a positive occurrence or coincidence that alleviates a mishap or accident; a situation where “it could have been worse”
   - Wir hatten Glück im Unglück, weil die Gegenfahrbahn frei war. Sonst wären wir jetzt tot. — It was lucky that the oncoming lane was empty. Otherwise we’d be dead now.
2. blessing in disguise (less often and only when the good occurrence outweighs the bad)
   - Es war Glück im Unglück, dass ich mir das Bein gebrochen habe, denn sonst hätte ich meine Frau nie kennen gelernt. — It was a blessing in disguise that I broke my leg, because otherwise I’d have never met my wife.

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