hulpeloos
Dutch
Etymology
hulp (“help”) + -e- + -loos (“-less”)
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - (Belgium) IPA(key): /ˈɦʏlploːs/
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈɦʏlploʊ̯s/
- Hyphenation: hul‧pe‧loos
Adjective
hulpeloos (comparative hulpelozer, superlative meest hulpeloos or hulpeloost)
- helpless
Inflection
| Inflection of hulpeloos | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | hulpeloos | |||
| inflected | hulpeloze | |||
| comparative | hulpelozer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | hulpeloos | hulpelozer | het hulpeloost het hulpelooste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | hulpeloze | hulpelozere | hulpelooste |
| n. sing. | hulpeloos | hulpelozer | hulpelooste | |
| plural | hulpeloze | hulpelozere | hulpelooste | |
| definite | hulpeloze | hulpelozere | hulpelooste | |
| partitive | hulpeloos | hulpelozers | — | |