gehbehindert
Translation
mobility-impaired, ambulatorily disabled
Examples
Der Eingang ist für gehbehinderte Menschen.
The entrance is for mobility-impaired people.
Er ist seit dem Unfall gehbehindert.
He has been mobility-impaired since the accident.
Grammar Patterns
((attributive)) mobility-impaired a mobility-impaired person
((predicative)) to be mobility-impaired He is mobility-impaired.
Similar Words
bewegungseingeschränkt (restricted in movement); Antonyms: mobil (mobile), lauffähig (able to run)
Etymology
A compound of 'gehen' (to walk) and 'behindert' (hindered, disabled). Literally 'walk-hindered'.
Memory Tips
Break it down into 'geh-' (walk) and 'behindert' (hindered). The meaning becomes very clear.