No. 12,751 in Polish

nieszczęście

Misfortune; disaster; unhappiness.

In a sentence

Nieszczęście spadło na ich dom podczas burzy.
Misfortune struck their house during the storm.
Here, 'nieszczęście' is a noun used to signify an unfortunate event or misfortune.
Z powodu swojego nieszczęścia, potrzebuje naszego wsparcia.
Due to his misfortune, he needs our support.
In this sentence, 'nieszczęście' refers to an individual's state of misfortune or suffering.
Nie miał nieszczęścia spotkać go w drodze do domu.
He didn't have the misfortune of meeting him on the way home.
Here, 'nieszczęście' is used in the context of something unfortunate that could have happened but didn't.

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