erfolglos
German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkloːs]
erfolglos is spelled E-R-F-O-L-G-L-O-S (9 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfolglos is a German adjective meaning “unsuccessful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erfolg”.
What does erfolglos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsuccessful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Erfolg
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 erfolglos
- erfolgloser masculine nominative singular
- am erfolglosesten superlative
- erfolglose feminine nominative singular
- erfolgloses neuter nominative singular
- erfolglosen genitive masculine singular
- erfolglosem dative masculine singular
- der erfolglose definite includes-article masculine
- die erfolglose definite feminine includes-article
- das erfolglose definite includes-article neuter
- die erfolglosen definite includes-article nominative
- des erfolglosen definite genitive includes-article
- der erfolglosen definite feminine genitive
- dem erfolglosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfolglos?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔlkloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erfolglos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erfolglos in German?
erfolglos appears 6.8 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).