fruchtlos
[ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs]
The verdict
“fruchtlos” 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 Früchte tragend, keinen Erfolg bringend
Corpus desk
Index DE-fruchtlos · fruchtlos · German
fruchtlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fruchtlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fruchtlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fruchtlos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fruchtlos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is fruchtlos, spelled F-R-U-C-H-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1keine Früchte tragend, keinen Erfolg bringend
- 2keine Früchte hervorbringend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fruchtlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Bemühungen waren fruchtlos.
„Aber diese Debatte ist so ziemlich die fruchtloseste, die man über das neue Kino der Körper führen kann.“
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.