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die Öde (-n)  desolation, dreariness, emptiness; desert, wasteland

Die Öde ist das Schlimmste hier. Überall leere Büroräume und Läden
The desolation is the worst thing here. All around [nothing but] empty offices and shops.

Related: öde (adj) deserted, empty, abandoned; desolate, barren, das Ödland wasteland, die Wüste desert, die Ode ode

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