Schicksal — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chance noun An opportunity to do something.
- doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
- fate noun The power thought to control everything that happens, seen as unavoidable; also, the eventual outcome awaiting someone or something.
- fortune noun A very large amount of money or wealth.
- karma noun In Hindu and Buddhist thought, the total effect of a person's actions, believed to shape their fate in this life or the next.
- lot noun A large amount or number of something.
Senses
Schicksal is used for these senses in English:
- chance (countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
- doom Destiny, especially terrible.
- fate The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- fortune Destiny, especially favorable.
- karma A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
- lot That which happens without human design or forethought.
- lot The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
chance — full definition
- noun An opportunity to do something.
- noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
- noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
- verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
- verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.
doom — full definition
- noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
- verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.