Emil nimmt die Strapazen der Wintertouren in Kauf, weil er das Radfahren über alles liebt. Emil puts up with the hardships of the winter rounds because he loves cycling more than anything.

noun · C1

die Strapaze

[ʃtʁaˈpaːt͡sə]

strain, hardship, exertion

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Die Strapazen der Reise vergesse ich sofort, sobald ich die Berge sehe.

I forget the strain of the journey as soon as I see the mountains.
Wollt ihr euch diese Strapaze wirklich antun, mit dem Rad bis an die Ostsee?

Do you really want to put yourselves through that, cycling all the way to the Baltic?
Frau Hilde scheut die Strapaze eines Umzugs und bleibt lieber in ihrer vertrauten Wohnung.

Frau Hilde shies away from the strain of a move and prefers to stay in her familiar flat.

Grammar

Plural: die Strapazen 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?	die Strapaze	die Strapazen	Die Strapazen der Reise vergesse ich sofort, sobald ich die Berge sehe. I forget the strain of the journey as soon as I see the mountains.
Accusative wen? was?	die Strapaze	die Strapazen
Dative wem?	der Strapaze	den Strapazen
Genitive wessen?	der Strapaze	der Strapazen

How the Word Is Built

Word family

strapazierenstrapaziös

In Otti's situations: Emil looks back on ten years as a courier

der Arbeitsalltag die Arbeitsbedingung die Arbeitsbelastung bewältigen die Durststrecke die Erfahrung die Errungenschaft Höhen und Tiefen das Jubiläum kräftezehrend der Kurier die Kurierin

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