# windelweich

windelweich is a German adjective meaning “weak”.

## In other languages

- Русский: бесхребетный, беспринципный

## Meanings

1. weak, submissive
2. _colloquial_ severe
   - jemanden windelweich prügeln/schlagen — to beat the daylights out of someone; to beat to a pulp

## Examples

- Tom wurde von seinem Vater windelweich geprügelt. — Tom was beat to a pulp by his father.

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