mithilfe

with the help of; by means of

preposition mit-HIL-feh Rare

Usage Note

Mithilfe (also mit Hilfe, two words) governs the genitive: mithilfe eines Wörterbuchs = 'with the help of a dictionary'. It is the standard modern way to express instrumental help, replacing the older vermittels in most contexts.

Examples

"Mithilfe eines Computerprogramms wurden die Daten ausgewertet."

Natural Translation

The data were evaluated with the help of a computer program.

Literal Translation

With-the-help-of a computer-program were the data evaluated.

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