Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person of weak or even sickly physical constitution.

    Schwächling

    слаба́кslabák

    a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

  2. (figuratively)A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.

    c.1551, Hugh Latimer, a sermon in Lincolnshire We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.

    Schwächling, Feigling, Weichei

    слаба́кslabák, хлю́пикxljúpik, тря́пкаtrjápka

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I'm a weakling.

    Я слабак.

    ruЯ тряпка.

    deIch bin ein Schwächling.

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  2. Tom is a weakling.

    Том — слабак.

    ruТом - слабовольный человек.

    deTom ist ein Schwächling.

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  3. Tom isn't a weakling.

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  4. Tom is such a weakling.

    deTom ist so ein Schwächling!

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  5. What a bunch of weaklings!

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
person of weak or even sickly physical constitution:
person of weak character:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person of weak or even sickly physical constitution:
person of weak character:

Origin

From weak + -ling.

From weak + -ling.

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Forms

plural: weaklings
Singularweakling
Pluralweaklings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
person of weak constitution:twerktwerp
Close in meaning
  • a person who is physically weak and ineffectual:doormatwuss

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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