Polyglot Dictionary

Schwäche

/ˈʃvɛçə/

die noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
die Schwächen

Meaning

  1. weakness

    From schwach (weak).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Hilflosigkeit

Close — helplessness relates closely to weakness.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

debilidade

debilidade is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "weakness."

Portuguese

fraqueza

fraqueza is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "weakness."

Practice

1 What does Schwäche mean?

2 Fill the gap: Jeder hat seine Stärken und ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Schwäche?

Opposites

  • Stärke

See also

noun

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