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Since we are correcting each other anyway, I'm sure mathilda is aware of this, bur decourage = discourage. ;)

Demütigen in German?

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ah thanks for pointing out the discouraging orangutan. it's the french invading my english.

demütigen is humiliate (Demut-humbleness; what a nice word coming to think of it)!
what you are looking for is entmutigen (without any umlauts)

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YOu're welcome, mathilda.

Thanks for the correction!!

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