# das böses Erwachen

das böses Erwachen is a German noun meaning “rude awakening (a spontaneous realization that one's previous assumptions (or illusions) were false)”. Forms: des bösen Erwachens.

## Forms

- Genitive: des bösen Erwachens

## Meanings

1. _idiomatic · no plural_ rude awakening (a spontaneous realization that one's previous assumptions (or illusions) were false)
   - Der 24. Februar war ein böses Erwachen für ganz Europa.

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