Not leiden
to suffer severe difficulties, often financial or material
Türkçe: büyük sıkıntı çekmek
In a sentence
Die Bauern leiden große Not nach der anhaltenden Dürre.
How it is used
Means to suffer severe difficulties, often financial or material. Formal register. Use in news reports about companies or communities facing hardship. Implies prolonged suffering, not a short-term problem.
Other verbs that go with Not
This is the choice the collocation turns on.
- in Not geratento fall into a difficult situation involving need or danger
- in Not seinto be in a state of serious difficulty or need
- die Not lindernto alleviate distress/suffering
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