onmacht

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • amacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch onmacht, from Old Dutch *unmaht, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *unmahtiz. By surface analysis, on- +‎ macht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ(n).mɑxt/
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  • Hyphenation: on‧macht

Noun

onmacht f (plural onmachten)

  1. (usually uncountable) powerlessness, the state of lacking power
  2. unconsciousness, the state of lacking consciousness, awareness, etc. or an instance thereof

Synonyms

(powerlessness):

(unconsciousness):

Derived terms

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