ohnmächtig
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From late Middle High German ōnmehtig, ōmehtig, a variant of earlier ānmehtic, from Old High German āmahtīg. By surface analysis, ohne + -mächtig or Ohnmacht + -ig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈoːnˌmɛçtɪç/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈoːnˌmɛçtɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: ohn‧mäch‧tig
Adjective
[edit]ohnmächtig (strong nominative masculine singular ohnmächtiger, comparative ohnmächtiger, superlative am ohnmächtigsten)
- (medicine) unconscious (Having lost consciousness for a short time as in ohnmächtig werden ("to faint, to pass out").)
- powerless, helpless
Declension
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Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ohnmächtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “ohnmächtig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “ohnmächtig” in Duden online
- “ohnmächtig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms suffixed with -mächtig
- German terms suffixed with -ig
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
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