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German
Etymology
hilflos + -igkeit
Pronunciation
Noun
Hilflosigkeit f (genitive Hilflosigkeit, no plural)
- helplessness
- Synonyms: Unbeholfenheit, Ungeschicklichkeit, Machtlosigkeit
1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 99:Aber bald überkam sie ein Gefühl großer Hilflosigkeit, so völlig auf sich selbst gestellt zu sein in dieser schwersten Entscheidung.- But soon she was overcome by a feeling of great helplessness, to be so entirely on her own in this most difficult decision.
Declension
Declension of Hilflosigkeit
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