hopelessness

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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hopelessness From hopeless + -ness.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հուսահատություն (husahatutʻyun) — the lack of hope; despair
• Armenian: վհատություն (vhatutʻyun) — the lack of hope; despair
• Armenian: հուսալքություն (husalkʻutʻyun) — the lack of hope; despair
• Azerbaijani: ümidsizlik — the lack of hope; despair
• Belarusian: безнадзе́йнасць (bjeznadzjéjnascʹ) — the lack of hope; despair
• Belarusian: безнадзе́йнасьць (bjeznadzjéjnasʹcʹ) — the lack of hope; despair
• Bulgarian: безнаде́ждност (beznadéždnost) — the lack of hope; despair
• Cebuano: pagkawalay-paglaom — the lack of hope; despair
• Chinese Cantonese: 絕望 /绝望 (zyut6 mong6) — the lack of hope; despair
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕望 /绝望 (juéwàng) — the lack of hope; despair
• Czech: beznaděj — the lack of hope; despair
• Czech: beznadějnost — the lack of hope; despair
• Danish: håbløshed — the lack of hope; despair
• Dutch: hopeloosheid — the lack of hope; despair
• Finnish: toivottomuus — the lack of hope; despair
• French: désespérance — the lack of hope; despair
• Georgian: უიმედობა (uimedoba) — the lack of hope; despair
• Georgian: უსასოობა (usasooba) — the lack of hope; despair
• Georgian: სასოწარკვეთილება (sasoc̣arḳvetileba) — the lack of hope; despair
• German: Hoffnungslosigkeit — the lack of hope; despair
• Greek: απελπισία (apelpisía) — the lack of hope; despair
• Hindi: निराशा (nirāśā) — the lack of hope; despair
• Hungarian: reménytelenség — the lack of hope; despair
• Indonesian: keputusasan — the lack of hope; despair
• Italian: disperazione — the lack of hope; despair
• Japanese: 絶望 (zetsubō) — the lack of hope; despair
• Kazakh: үмітсіздік (ümıtsızdık) — the lack of hope; despair
• Korean: 절망 (jeolmang) — the lack of hope; despair
• Central Kurdish: نائومێدی (na'umêdî) — the lack of hope; despair
• Northern Kurdish: bêhêvîtî — the lack of hope; despair
• Kyrgyz: үмүтсүздүк (ümütsüzdük) — the lack of hope; despair
• Latin: desperatio — the lack of hope; despair
• Latvian: bezcerība — the lack of hope; despair
• Lithuanian: beviltiškumas — the lack of hope; despair
• Macedonian: безнадежност (beznadežnost) — the lack of hope; despair
• Māori: takaruretanga — the lack of hope; despair
• Māori: kiriwera — the lack of hope; despair
• Māori: rāwakiwaki — the lack of hope; despair
• Norwegian Bokmål: håpløshet — the lack of hope; despair
• Iranian Persian: نُوْمیدی (nowmidi) — the lack of hope; despair
• Iranian Persian: نااُمیدی (nâomidi) — the lack of hope; despair
• Iranian Persian: نااُمّیدی (nâommidi) — the lack of hope; despair
• Polish: beznadzieja — the lack of hope; despair
• Polish: beznadziejność — the lack of hope; despair
• Portuguese: desesperança — the lack of hope; despair
• Romanian: deznădejde — the lack of hope; despair
• Romanian: disperare — the lack of hope; despair
• Romanian: disperație — the lack of hope; despair
• Russian: безнадёжность (beznadjóžnostʹ) — the lack of hope; despair
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐзна̄ђе — the lack of hope; despair
• Serbo-Croatian: bèznāđe — the lack of hope; despair
• Slovak: beznádej — the lack of hope; despair
• Slovak: beznádejnosť — the lack of hope; despair
• Slovene: brezupnost — the lack of hope; despair
• Spanish: desesperanza — the lack of hope; despair
• Swedish: hopplöshet — the lack of hope; despair
• Tagalog: kawalang-pag-asa — the lack of hope; despair
• Tajik: ноумедӣ (noumedi) — the lack of hope; despair
• Tatar: өметсезлек (ömetsezlek) — the lack of hope; despair
• Turkish: umutsuzluk — the lack of hope; despair
• Turkmen: umytsyzlyk — the lack of hope; despair
• Ukrainian: безнаді́йність (beznadíjnistʹ) — the lack of hope; despair
• Urdu: نا اُمِّیدی (nā ummīdī) — the lack of hope; despair
• Urdu: مایُوسی (māyūsī) — the lack of hope; despair
• Uyghur: ئۈمىدسىزلىك (ümidsizlik) — the lack of hope; despair
• Uzbek: umidsizlik — the lack of hope; despair
• Vietnamese: sự tuyệt vọng — the lack of hope; despair