fruchtlos
German, adjective[ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs]
fruchtlos is spelled F-R-U-C-H-T-L-O-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fruchtlos is a German adjective meaning “fruitless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Früchte tragend, keinen Erfolg bringend”.
What does fruchtlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fruitless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Früchte tragend, keinen Erfolg bringend 2. keine Früchte hervorbringend
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 fruchtlos
- fruchtloser masculine nominative singular
- am fruchtlosesten superlative
- fruchtlose feminine nominative singular
- fruchtloses neuter nominative singular
- fruchtlosen genitive masculine singular
- fruchtlosem dative masculine singular
- der fruchtlose definite includes-article masculine
- die fruchtlose definite feminine includes-article
- das fruchtlose definite includes-article neuter
- die fruchtlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des fruchtlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der fruchtlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem fruchtlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fruchtlos?
- [ˈfʁʊxtˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fruchtlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fruchtlos in German?
fruchtlos appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).