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Bedrohung: threat — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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Bedrohung

threat

a person, action, development, or situation that may cause serious harm or danger

IPA/bəˈdʁoːʊ̯ŋ/

Primary stress falls on dro.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

a person, action, development, or situation that may cause serious harm or danger

Der Klimawandel ist eine ernste Bedrohung für viele Küstenregionen.

Die Firma nimmt die Bedrohung durch Cyberangriffe sehr ernst.

Viele Befragte sehen Desinformation als Bedrohung für die Demokratie.

Common patterns include eine Bedrohung für + accusative and die Bedrohung durch + accusative.

Use für to name what is endangered and durch to name the source of the threat.

Choose one answer.

Which phrase means 'a threat to democracy'?

Bedrohung can refer to a concrete threat or to the general state of being endangered.