machtlos
German, adjective/ˈmaxtloːs/
machtlos is spelled M-A-C-H-T-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machtlos is a German adjective meaning “powerless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Fähigkeit/Möglichkeit, in bestimmte Entwicklungen steuernd einzugreifen”.
What does machtlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
powerless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Fähigkeit/Möglichkeit, in bestimmte Entwicklungen steuernd einzugreifen
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 machtlos
- machtloser masculine nominative singular
- am machtlosesten superlative
- machtlose feminine nominative singular
- machtloses neuter nominative singular
- machtlosen genitive masculine singular
- machtlosem dative masculine singular
- der machtlose definite includes-article masculine
- die machtlose definite feminine includes-article
- das machtlose definite includes-article neuter
- die machtlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des machtlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der machtlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem machtlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machtlos?
- /ˈmaxtloːs/
- [ˈmaxtloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machtlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machtlos in German?
machtlos appears 3.4 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).