cliffhanger
An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create…An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
» The two part episode's cliffhanger had me in suspense.
Nach dem Cliffhanger der Doppelfolge konnte ich es kaum erwarten, wie es weiterging.
Meaning
2 sensesAn ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
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кліфге́нґерklifhénger, кліфге́нгерklifhénher
(broadly)An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
- an episode that ends in suspense
- a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
Examples
2 sentencesThe two part episode's cliffhanger had me in suspense.
deNach dem Cliffhanger der Doppelfolge konnte ich es kaum erwarten, wie es weiterging.
Was the cliffhanger a downer or did it whet your appetite for more?
Translations
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Origin
From cliff + hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby havinFrom cliff + hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby having an uncertain fate. The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with the serialized version of Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes, published in Tinsley's Magazine in the 1870s, in which the character Henry Knight is left hanging off of a cliff. It was inspired by a real life story from his wife Emma's childhood, when she had to rescue one of her school friends from a similar position.
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