hilflos
German, adjective/ˈhɪlfloːs/
hilflos is a German adjective meaning “helpless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht in der Lage, allein zurechtzukommen/sich selbst zu helfen; auf Hilfe angewiesen”.
What does hilflos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
helpless
adverb
- 1
helplessly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht in der Lage, allein zurechtzukommen/sich selbst zu helfen; auf Hilfe angewiesen 2. nicht in der Lage, jemandem zu helfen 3. intellektuell überfordert
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 hilflos
- hilfloser masculine nominative singular
- am hilflosesten superlative
- hilflose feminine nominative singular
- hilfloses neuter nominative singular
- hilflosen genitive masculine singular
- hilflosem dative masculine singular
- der hilflose definite includes-article masculine
- die hilflose definite feminine includes-article
- das hilflose definite includes-article neuter
- die hilflosen definite includes-article nominative
- des hilflosen definite genitive includes-article
- der hilflosen definite feminine genitive
- dem hilflosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hilflos?
- /ˈhɪlfloːs/
- [ˈhɪlfloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hilflos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hilflos in German?
hilflos appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).