Polyglot Dictionary

Handicap

/ˈhɛndikɛp/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Handicaps

Meaning

  1. handicap

    • Das ist ein großes Handicap.

      That is a big handicap.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Behinderung

Behinderung is the everyday German word for a disability; Handicap is the English loanword, used in the same sense but slightly more informal/sporty.

Similar in other languages

French

handicap

handicap is the French word for the same thing — both mean "handicap, disability."

Portuguese

empecilho

Close — a handicap relates to a hindrance.

Practice

1 What does Handicap mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist ein großes ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Handicap?

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