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behindert

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəˈhɪndɐt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧hin‧dert

Participle

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behindert

  1. past participle of behindern

Adjective

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behindert (strong nominative masculine singular behinderter, comparative behinderter, superlative am behindertsten)

  1. disabled; handicapped
  2. (colloquial or slang, possibly offensive) retarded; stupid, dumb
  3. (colloquial or slang, possibly offensive) retarded; bad; messed up; uncool, general derogative
    Die ganze Situation ist so behindert, Mann!
    The whole situation is so messed up, man!

Usage notes

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The derogatory senses are now usually considered to be offensive towards disabled people.

Declension

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Positive forms of behindert
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist behindert sie ist behindert es ist behindert sie sind behindert
strong declension
(without article)
nominative behinderter behinderte behindertes behinderte
genitive behinderten behinderter behinderten behinderter
dative behindertem behinderter behindertem behinderten
accusative behinderten behinderte behindertes behinderte
weak declension
(with definite article)
nominative der behinderte die behinderte das behinderte die behinderten
genitive des behinderten der behinderten des behinderten der behinderten
dative dem behinderten der behinderten dem behinderten den behinderten
accusative den behinderten die behinderte das behinderte die behinderten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)
nominative ein behinderter eine behinderte ein behindertes (keine) behinderten
genitive eines behinderten einer behinderten eines behinderten (keiner) behinderten
dative einem behinderten einer behinderten einem behinderten (keinen) behinderten
accusative einen behinderten eine behinderte ein behindertes (keine) behinderten

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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behindert

  1. (slang, possibly offensive) very, extremely, an intensifier

Verb

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behindert

  1. inflection of behindern:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Further reading

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  • “behindert” in Duden online
  • “behindert”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)