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erbarmungslos

German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmʊŋsloːs/

erbarmungslos is spelled E-R-B-A-R-M-U-N-G-S-L-O-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbarmungslos is a German adjective meaning “pitiless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erbarmen; ohne Mitleid, Nachsicht zu zeigen”.

What does erbarmungslos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pitiless

adverb

  1. 1

    pitilessly

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Erbarmen; ohne Mitleid, Nachsicht zu zeigen

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 erbarmungslos

  • erbarmungsloser masculine nominative singular
  • am erbarmungslosesten superlative
  • erbarmungslose feminine nominative singular
  • erbarmungsloses neuter nominative singular
  • erbarmungslosen genitive masculine singular
  • erbarmungslosem dative masculine singular
  • der erbarmungslose definite includes-article masculine
  • die erbarmungslose definite feminine includes-article
  • das erbarmungslose definite includes-article neuter
  • die erbarmungslosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des erbarmungslosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der erbarmungslosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem erbarmungslosen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erbarmungslos?

  • /ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmʊŋsloːs/
  • [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmʊŋsloːs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erbarmungslos

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erbarmungslos in German?

erbarmungslos 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).

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