Ohnmacht empfinden

to feel powerless

Türkçe: çaresiz hissetmek

Noun

die Ohnmacht f.

Verb

empfinden

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

Register

Neutral register

Watch out. Nuance: focuses on emotional state, not physical faintness.

In a sentence

Which form of empfinden fills the gap?

Der Vater ____ tiefe Ohnmacht, als er sein krankes Kind nicht trösten kann.

How it is used

Means 'to feel powerless' or helpless in a situation. Neutral register. Use when you cannot change an unfair decision at work. Nuance: focuses on emotional state, not physical faintness.

Other verbs that go with Ohnmacht

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in Ohnmacht fallento fall into a faint

All collocations with Ohnmacht

Other collocations built on empfinden

• Ekel empfindento feel disgust

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• ins Bett gehento go to bed (to sleep)
• jdm. unter die Arme greifento help someone out
• sich den Fuß verstauchento sprain one's foot
• eine Allergie haben gegen+Akk.to be allergic to something

All collocations in Körper und Gesundheit