Schicksalsschlag meaning and definition in german

- very unfortunate occurrence blow

Example
Aber ich glaubte, daß seine Launenhaftigkeit, seine Härte und seine früheren Sünden ( ich sage frühere, denn jetzt schien er sich bekehrt zu haben ) ihren Ursprung in irgend einem harten Schicksalsschlage hatten.But I believed that his moodiness, his harshness, and his former faults of morality ( I say _ former _, for now he seemed corrected of them ) had their source in some cruel cross of fate.OP75793