Machtlosigkeit
German, noun/ˈmaχtloːzɪçkaɪt/
Machtlosigkeit is spelled M-A-C-H-T-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machtlosigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “powerlessness, helplessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Eigenschaft, keine Macht zu haben; der Zustand machtlos zu sein”.
What does Machtlosigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepowerlessness, helplessness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Eigenschaft, keine Macht zu haben; der Zustand machtlos zu sein
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 Machtlosigkeit
- Machtlosigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Machtlosigkeit?
- /ˈmaχtloːzɪçkaɪt/
- [ˈmaxtloːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈmaxtloːzɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Machtlosigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Machtlosigkeit in German?
Machtlosigkeit appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).