aussichtslos
German, adjective[ˈaʊ̯szɪçtsloːs]
aussichtslos is spelled A-U-S-S-I-C-H-T-S-L-O-S (12 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aussichtslos is a German adjective meaning “desperate, hopeless, forlorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Aussicht/Hoffnung auf Erfolg oder Gelingen”.
What does aussichtslos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
desperate, hopeless, forlorn
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Aussicht/Hoffnung auf Erfolg oder Gelingen
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 aussichtslos
- aussichtsloser masculine nominative singular
- am aussichtslosesten superlative
- aussichtslose feminine nominative singular
- aussichtsloses neuter nominative singular
- aussichtslosen genitive masculine singular
- aussichtslosem dative masculine singular
- der aussichtslose definite includes-article masculine
- die aussichtslose definite feminine includes-article
- das aussichtslose definite includes-article neuter
- die aussichtslosen definite includes-article nominative
- des aussichtslosen definite genitive includes-article
- der aussichtslosen definite feminine genitive
- dem aussichtslosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aussichtslos?
- [ˈaʊ̯szɪçtsloːs]
- [ˈaʊ̯szɪçt͡sloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aussichtslos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aussichtslos in German?
aussichtslos appears 2.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).