nadir
To extend by adding an empty box at the baseTo extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
» Have we reached the nadir yet?
Sind wir schon am Tiefpunkt angelangt?
Meaning
1 sensesTo extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
Examples
6 sentencesHave we reached the nadir yet?
deSind wir schon am Tiefpunkt angelangt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think we haven't yet reached the nadir.
deIch glaube, wir sind noch nicht am Tiefpunkt angekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That was the nadir of the worst years of my life.
Ziri saw Walid and Nadir fighting and rushed to break them apart.
Inside yourself, outside yourself, you'll fall from the zenith to the nadir, for that was your destiny, your miserly destiny.
Origin
From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِيرFrom Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).
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Forms
nadirs, nadiring, nadired, nadiredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle