Ein gutes Gefühl, wenn man bekommt, was man will.
A pleased feeling when you get what you want.
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Er lächelte zufrieden. — He smiled with satisfaction.
Die Reparatur fertigzustellen gab mir echte Befriedigung. — Finishing the repair gave me real satisfaction.
Worin findest du bei der Arbeit deine Zufriedenheit? — Where do you find satisfaction at work?
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Download the app for free German vocabulary testZufriedenheit is contentment as much as satisfaction — it is built on zufrieden, at peace with something, from Frieden, peace. That makes it a calmer word than English satisfaction, which points at a result achieved.
German therefore has a second word for the sharper sense: Befriedigung, the satisfying of a need or a demand, and also the word for sexual gratification, which is why business German prefers Kundenzufriedenheit and avoids the other.
Befriedigung satisfaction, gratification
Sharper and pointed at a need. It also means sexual gratification, which keeps it out of business prose.
zufrieden content, satisfied
Built on Frieden, peace — the German word is quieter than the English one.
Genugtuung satisfaction, vindication
The satisfaction of being proved right or of seeing justice done.
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