helpless

"helpless" German translation

„helpless“: adjective

adjective | Adjektiv adj

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hemmungslos, unkontrolliert hilflos, ratlos unpraktisch, unselbstständig hilflos, ohne Hilfe unnütz

hemmungslos, unkontrolliert
helpless laughter

helpless laughter

hilflos, ratlos
helpless unable to know what to do, vulnerable

helpless unable to know what to do, vulnerable

examples

we were helpless to prevent it

wir konnten es nicht verhindern

we were helpless to prevent it

unpraktisch, unselbstständig
helpless impractical, dependent

helpless impractical, dependent

hilflos, ohne Hilfe
helpless without anyone or anything to help

helpless without anyone or anything to help

unnütz
helpless useless obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

helpless useless obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

Context sentences for "helpless"

to rendersomebody | jemand sb helpless (unconscious)

jemanden hilflos (bewusstlos) machen

to rendersomebody | jemand sb helpless (unconscious)

wounded and thence helpless

verwundet und daher hilflos

wounded and thence helpless

Example sentences from external sources for "helpless"
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Hier stehen wir normalerweise; wir stehen an der Zapfsäule und wir fühlen uns irgendwie hilflos.

Here we are normally; we're standing at the gas pump, and we're feeling kind of helpless.

Source: TED

Das menschliche Wesen wird schutzlos und in einem Zustand völliger Abhängigkeit geboren.

Humans are born helpless and in a state of dependence.

Source: Europarl

Die Aufmerksamkeit für die hilflosen Sudanesen darf nicht nachlassen.

People must not lose interest in the helpless Sudanese.

Source: Europarl

Die haitianische Bevölkerung fühlt sich ziemlich hilflos.

The Haitian population feels quite helpless.

Source: Europarl

Wir sind den Lobbyisten gegenüber hilflos ausgeliefert.

We have been made helpless in the face of the lobbyists.

Source: Europarl

Wir stehen hilflos einer Situation gegenüber, die wir in der Vergangenheit aus Afghanistan kannten.

We stand helpless, faced by a situation like we once faced in Afghanistan.

Source: Europarl

Sind wir als Eltern hilflos?

Are we, as parents, helpless?

Source: Europarl

Heißt das nun, wir können nichts tun, wir müssen tatenlos zusehen?

Does all this mean that we are helpless, that all we can do is sit and watch?

Source: Europarl

Source

TED
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: WIT³
- Original text source: TED
- Original database: TED Talk Parallel Corpus
Europarl
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: Europäisches Parlament
- Original database: Europarl Parallel Corups

English-German translation for "helpless"

"helpless" German translation

„helpless“: adjective

helpless

Overview of all translations

Context sentences for "helpless"

Example sentences from external sources for "helpless"
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Synonyms for "helpless"

English-German translation for "helpless"

"helpless" German translation

„helpless“: adjective

helpless

Overview of all translations

Context sentences for "helpless"

Example sentences from external sources for "helpless" (not checked by the Langenscheidt editorial team)

Synonyms for "helpless"

Example sentences from external sources for "helpless"
(not checked by the Langenscheidt editorial team)