🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

belastend

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bəlastənt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Belastent/bəˈlastənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Situation am Arbeitsplatz ist extrem belastend."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Causing emotional or psychological distress, strain, or burden.

    "Die Pflege eines Angehörigen kann sehr belastend sein."
  2. 2

    Incriminating or serving as evidence against someone in a legal context.

    "Die Polizei fand neue belastende Beweise gegen den Verdächtigen."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the German verb 'belasten' (to burden, to load, to incriminate), stemming from Middle High German 'belasten', formed from the prefix be- and last (load, burden). Historically rooted in Germanic terms for weight and responsibility, evolving to describe psychological strain or legal burden.

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