English-German translation for "ruination"

"ruination" German translation

ruination
noun | Substantiv s

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Zerstörung, Verwüstung Verderben Zugrundegerichtetsein
  • Zerstörungfeminine | Femininum f
    ruination destruction
    Verwüstungfeminine | Femininum f
    ruination destruction
    ruination destruction
  • Verderbenneuter | Neutrum n
    ruination undoing familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    ruination undoing familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
examples
  • drink will be the ruination of him
    das Tinken wird ihm zum Verderben
    drink will be the ruination of him
  • Zugrundegerichtetseinneuter | Neutrum n
    ruination being ruined
    ruination being ruined
Der nationalsozialistische Totalitarismus führte ganz Europa ins Verderben.
National Socialist totalitarianism led the whole of Europe into ruination.
Source: Europarl
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