behindert

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈhɪndɐt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧hin‧dert

Participle

behindert

  1. past participle of behindern

Adjective

behindert (strong nominative masculine singular behinderter, comparative behinderter, superlative am behindertsten)

  1. disabled; handicapped
  2. (colloquial or slang, possibly offensive) retarded; stupid, dumb
  3. (colloquial or slang, possibly offensive) retarded; bad; messed up; uncool, general derogative
    Die ganze Situation ist so behindert, Mann!
    The whole situation is so messed up, man!

Usage Notes

The derogatory senses are now usually considered to be offensive towards disabled people.

Declension

Hyponyms

  • gehbehindert
  • hörbehindert
  • körperbehindert
  • lernbehindert
  • sehbehindert
  • sprachbehindert

Derived terms

Adverb

behindert

  1. (slang, possibly offensive) very, extremely, an intensifier

Verb

behindert

  1. inflection of behindern:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Further reading

  • behindert” in Duden online
  • behindert” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache