powerlessness

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Etymology tree English powerless 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 powerlessness From powerless + -ness.

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: бяссі́лле (bjassíllje) — The state or character of being powerless
• Chinese Mandarin: 無力 /无力 (wúlì) — The state or character of being powerless
• Czech: bezmocnost — The state or character of being powerless
• Finnish: voimattomuus — The state or character of being powerless
• French: impuissance — The state or character of being powerless
• German: Machtlosigkeit — The state or character of being powerless
• Hindi: असमर्थता (asmarthatā) — The state or character of being powerless
• Hindi: अक्षमता (akṣamtā) — The state or character of being powerless
• Hindi: अशक्ति (aśakti) — The state or character of being powerless
• Hindi: शक्तिहीनता (śaktihīntā) — The state or character of being powerless
• Hungarian: tehetetlenség — The state or character of being powerless
• Hungarian: gyengeség — The state or character of being powerless
• Hungarian: erőtlenség — The state or character of being powerless
• Irish: easpa cumhachta — The state or character of being powerless
• Irish: neamhchumhacht — The state or character of being powerless
• Irish: neamhéifeacht — The state or character of being powerless
• Japanese: 無力 (muryoku) — The state or character of being powerless
• Latin: impotentia — The state or character of being powerless
• Macedonian: немоќ (nemoḱ) — The state or character of being powerless
• Manx: neuchummaght — The state or character of being powerless
• Māori: mieretanga — The state or character of being powerless
• Persian: ناتوانی (nâtavâni) — The state or character of being powerless
• Persian: ضعف (za'f) — The state or character of being powerless
• Polish: bezsiła — The state or character of being powerless
• Polish: bezsilność — The state or character of being powerless
• Polish: niemoc — The state or character of being powerless
• Russian: бесси́лие (bessílije) — The state or character of being powerless
• Sanskrit: अक्षमा (akṣamā) — The state or character of being powerless
• Sanskrit: अशक्ति (aśakti) — The state or character of being powerless
• Spanish: impotencia — The state or character of being powerless
• Swedish: vanmakt — The state or character of being powerless
• Swedish: maktlöshet — The state or character of being powerless
• Ukrainian: безси́лля (bezsýllja) — The state or character of being powerless