Helfershelfer
German, noun[ˈhɛlfɐsˌhɛlfɐ]
Helfershelfer is spelled H-E-L-F-E-R-S-H-E-L-F-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helfershelfer is a German masculine noun meaning “accessory; accomplice (to a crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der bei einer illegalen oder fragwürdigen Tat mitwirkt”.
What does Helfershelfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccessory; accomplice (to a crime)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der bei einer illegalen oder fragwürdigen Tat mitwirkt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Helfershelfer
- Helfershelfers genitive
- Helfershelfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Helfershelfer?
- [ˈhɛlfɐsˌhɛlfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Helfershelfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Helfershelfer in German?
Helfershelfer appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).