Polyglot Dictionary

wehrlos

/ˈveːɐ̯loːs/

adjective C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. defenceless

    • Das Tier war völlig wehrlos.

      The animal was completely defenceless.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

indefenso

indefenso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "defenceless."

Practice

1 What does wehrlos mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Tier war völlig ___.

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