My increasing stupidment

Its official. I no longer have an grasp on the English language whatsoever.

Just yesterday I was looking up a German word in the dictionary (Bedrückung) but I couldn't find it, instead I found the corresponding verb (bedrücken) which in English means, to depress/hold down.

So from the verb its easy to figure out what the noun means. The act or state of being depressed/held down. So I take out my little paper with new words on it (look at me actually putting out effort to learn this language) and write down...

Bedrückung = Depressment

It wasn't until about 10 minutes later that I looked at that again and thought. Depressment, depressment... that can't be right.

So I try looking up Depressment in the dictionary and can't find it surprise surprise...I did however find Depression...narf.

And it is only now a full day later that I realized that oppression would have been an even better word. I clearly should never teach English.