denkfaul
German, adjective/ˈdɛŋkˌfaʊ̯l/
denkfaul is spelled D-E-N-K-F-A-U-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Denkfaul is a German adjective meaning “mentally lazy; too lazy to think (postpos.) (zu faul zum Denken)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu träge zum Denken, unwillig oder unfähig zur geistigen Arbeit”.
What does denkfaul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mentally lazy; too lazy to think (postpos.) (zu faul zum Denken)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu träge zum Denken, unwillig oder unfähig zur geistigen Arbeit
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 denkfaul
- denkfauler masculine nominative singular
- am denkfaulsten superlative
- denkfaule feminine nominative singular
- denkfaules neuter nominative singular
- denkfaulen genitive masculine singular
- denkfaulem dative masculine singular
- der denkfaule definite includes-article masculine
- die denkfaule definite feminine includes-article
- das denkfaule definite includes-article neuter
- die denkfaulen definite includes-article nominative
- des denkfaulen definite genitive includes-article
- der denkfaulen definite feminine genitive
- dem denkfaulen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denkfaul?
- /ˈdɛŋkˌfaʊ̯l/
- [ˈdɛŋkˌfaʊ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is denkfaul in German?
denkfaul appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).