arglos
German, adjective/ˈaʁkloːs/
arglos is spelled A-R-G-L-O-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arglos is a German adjective meaning “innocent, unsuspecting, artless (not suspecting trouble)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nichts Böses ahnend; harmlos; treuherzig; blauäugig; unschuldig; ohne Argwohn”.
What does arglos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
innocent, unsuspecting, artless (not suspecting trouble)
- 2
harmless, trustworthy (without bad intentions)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nichts Böses ahnend; harmlos; treuherzig; blauäugig; unschuldig; ohne Argwohn
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 arglos
- argloser masculine nominative singular
- am arglosesten superlative
- arglose feminine nominative singular
- argloses neuter nominative singular
- arglosen genitive masculine singular
- arglosem dative masculine singular
- der arglose definite includes-article masculine
- die arglose definite feminine includes-article
- das arglose definite includes-article neuter
- die arglosen definite includes-article nominative
- des arglosen definite genitive includes-article
- der arglosen definite feminine genitive
- dem arglosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arglos?
- /ˈaʁkloːs/
- [ˈaʁkˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arglos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arglos in German?
arglos appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).