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formlos

German, adjective[ˈfɔʁmˌloːs]

formlos is spelled F-O-R-M-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formlos is a German adjective meaning “formless, shapeless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne feste Abgrenzungen; ohne festen Umriss”.

What does formlos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    formless, shapeless

  2. 2

    amorphous

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne feste Abgrenzungen; ohne festen Umriss 2. ohne besondere Formvorschriften; keinem festen Protokoll entsprechend 3. einem unhöflichen, respektlosen oder flegelhaften Verhalten entsprechend

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 formlos

  • formloser masculine nominative singular
  • am formlosesten superlative
  • formlose feminine nominative singular
  • formloses neuter nominative singular
  • formlosen genitive masculine singular
  • formlosem dative masculine singular
  • der formlose definite includes-article masculine
  • die formlose definite feminine includes-article
  • das formlose definite includes-article neuter
  • die formlosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des formlosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der formlosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem formlosen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce formlos?

  • [ˈfɔʁmˌloːs]

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

English words that translate to formlos

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

How common is formlos in German?

formlos appears about once in every 2 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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