elternlos
[ˈɛltɐnloːs]
The verdict
“elternlos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Eltern mehr besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-elternlos · elternlos · German
elternlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elternlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛltɐnloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „elternlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
elternlos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛltɐnloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keine Eltern mehr besitzend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elternlos, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is elternlos, spelled E-L-T-E-R-N-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1keine Eltern mehr besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how elternlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wuchs elternlos in einem Waisenheim auf.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.