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Ein Zettel im Treppenhaus bietet Nachbarschaftshilfe an: Einkaufen, Blumen gießen, Briefe vorlesen. A note in the stairwell offers neighbourly help: shopping, watering plants, reading letters aloud.

noun · C1

die Nachbarschaftshilfe

[ˈnaxbaːɐ̯ʃaft͡sˌhɪlfə]

neighbourly help, help among neighbours

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Other Examples

  • Ohne die Nachbarschaftshilfe wäre ich nach meiner Knieoperation ziemlich aufgeschmissen gewesen.

    Without help from the neighbours, I'd have been pretty stuck after my knee operation.

  • Machst du auch bei der Nachbarschaftshilfe mit, oder fehlt dir dafür die Zeit?

    Are you taking part in the neighbourly help too, or don't you have the time for it?

  • Emil koordiniert die Nachbarschaftshilfe im Haus über eine Chatgruppe, in der sich jeder melden kann.

    Emil coordinates the neighbourly help in the building through a chat group where anyone can offer a hand.

How the Word Is Built

Nachbar root schaft suffix s linking letter hilfe root

-schaft
a group or a state, always feminine: die Freundschaft (friendship).

A compound: die Nachbarschaft + die Hilfe

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