machteloos

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch machteloos. Equivalent to macht +‎ -e- +‎ -loos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑx.təˌloːs/
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  • Hyphenation: mach‧te‧loos

Adjective

machteloos (comparative machtelozer, superlative meest machteloos or machteloost)

  1. powerless

Inflection

Declension of machteloos
uninflected machteloos
inflected machteloze
comparative machtelozer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial machteloos machtelozer het machteloost
het machtelooste
indefinite m./f. sing. machteloze machtelozere machtelooste
n. sing. machteloos machtelozer machtelooste
plural machteloze machtelozere machtelooste
definite machteloze machtelozere machtelooste
partitive machteloos machtelozers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: magteloos