Ohnmacht
German, noun/ˈoːnˌmaχt/
Ohnmacht is spelled O-H-N-M-A-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ohnmacht is a German feminine noun meaning “faint, fainting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorübergehende Bewusstlosigkeit”.
What does Ohnmacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefaint, fainting
- 2
femininepowerlessness, helplessness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorübergehende Bewusstlosigkeit 2. Unfähigkeit, etwas zu tun
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 Ohnmacht
- Ohnmachten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ohnmacht?
- /ˈoːnˌmaχt/
- [ˈoːnˌmaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ohnmacht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ohnmacht in German?
Ohnmacht appears 3.6 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).