Feeling Germany should avoid relegation (7)
I believe the answer is:
emotion
'feeling' is the definition.
(I know that emotion is a type of feeling)
'germany should avoid relegation' is the wordplay.
'germany' becomes 'd' (vehicle registration code for Deutschland).
'should avoid' is a deletion indicator.
'relegation' becomes 'demotion' (I've seen this before).
'demotion' with 'd' removed is 'EMOTION'.
(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" , "Intuitive feeling" , "Feeling, say love or hate" , "sense" , "Feeling - sentiment" .)