Cringe

Cringe

See also: cringe

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English cringe.

    Noun

    Cringe m (strong, genitive Cringe, no plural)

    1. (youth slang) cringe, awkwardness
      • 2023 March 26, Kristin Haug, “Jan Böhmermann parodiert Dieter Nuhr: »Der Cringe ist groß«”, in Der Spiegel‎[1], →ISSN:
        Noch größer wird »der Cringe«, wenn sich nun niemand weiter dazu äußert.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Further reading

    • “Cringe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
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