haltlos
German, adjective/ˈhaltˌloːs/
haltlos is a German adjective meaning “untenable, unfounded, baseless (of accusations, allegations, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Begründung oder Beweis”.
What does haltlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
untenable, unfounded, baseless (of accusations, allegations, etc.)
haltlose Vorwürfe
- 2
unmoored, unstable, floundering (of a person or character)
- 3
uncontrolled, uncontrollable (of laughter or other expressions of emotion)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Begründung oder Beweis 2. ohne Disziplin; ohne eingehaltene moralische Werte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of haltlos
- haltloser masculine nominative singular
- am haltlosesten superlative
- haltlose feminine nominative singular
- haltloses neuter nominative singular
- haltlosen genitive masculine singular
- haltlosem dative masculine singular
- der haltlose definite includes-article masculine
- die haltlose definite feminine includes-article
- das haltlose definite includes-article neuter
- die haltlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des haltlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der haltlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem haltlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haltlos?
- /ˈhaltˌloːs/
- [ˈhaltloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is haltlos in German?
haltlos appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).