die Ohnmacht

B2

impotence / powerlessness / faint / swoon

English meaning
impotence / powerlessness / faint / swoon
Gender
die — feminine
Plural
die Ohnmachten
Vocabulary package
Illness & Symptoms

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Ohnmacht in a sentence

Sie fiel in Ohnmacht und musste ins Krankenhaus.

She fainted and had to go to the hospital.

Declension of die Ohnmacht

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedie Ohnmachtdie Ohnmachten
Accusativedie Ohnmachtdie Ohnmachten
Dativeder Ohnmachtden Ohnmachten
Genitiveder Ohnmachtder Ohnmachten

Word family

die Ohnmacht is built from die Macht (power). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where Ohnmacht comes from

seit dem 9. Jahrhundert bezeugt; im Mittelhochdeutschen āmaht sowie in den althochdeutschen Formen āmaht und unmaht belegt; dieses frühe āmaht wurde aus maht „Macht, Kraft“ und ā „fort, weg“ (vergleiche a-, zweites Stichwort) gebildet

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Questions about Ohnmacht

Is it der, die or das Ohnmacht?

It is die Ohnmacht — Ohnmacht is feminine. In the plural it becomes die Ohnmachten.

What is the plural of Ohnmacht?

The plural of die Ohnmacht is die Ohnmachten.

What is the genitive of Ohnmacht?

The genitive singular is der Ohnmacht. The dative plural is den Ohnmachten.

What does Ohnmacht mean in English?

die Ohnmacht means "impotence / powerlessness / faint / swoon". For example: "Sie fiel in Ohnmacht und musste ins Krankenhaus." — "She fainted and had to go to the hospital."

What level is Ohnmacht in German?

Ohnmacht is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the illness & symptoms vocabulary.

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