Lotte schildert ein Dilemma, und alle am Tisch denken angestrengt nach. Lotte describes a dilemma, and everyone at the table thinks hard.

noun · C1

das Dilemma

[diˈlɛma]

dilemma

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Ich stehe vor einem echten Dilemma, denn beide Möglichkeiten haben ihren Preis.

I'm facing a real dilemma, because both options come at a price.
Wie würdet ihr dieses Dilemma lösen, wenn es um eure beste Freundin ginge?

How would you resolve this dilemma if it were about your best friend?
Solche Dilemmata kennt Frida aus ihrem Berufsalltag nur zu gut.

Frida knows dilemmas like these only too well from her working life.

Grammar

Plural: die Dilemmata In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Plural	Example
Nominative wer? was?	das Dilemma	die Dilemmata
Accusative wen? was?	das Dilemma	die Dilemmata
Dative wem?	dem Dilemma	den Dilemmata	Ich stehe vor einem echten Dilemma, denn beide Möglichkeiten haben ihren Preis. I'm facing a real dilemma, because both options come at a price.
Genitive wessen?	des Dilemmas	der Dilemmata

In Otti's situations: Lotte at a philosophy evening

die Abwägung durchdenken die Ethik ethisch die Freiheit das Gedankenexperiment das Gewissen Gewissensbisse haben der Grundsatz lügen die Menschenwürde die Moral

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