gedankenlos

/[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,494

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gedankenlos is anGermanadj. It means: ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht Pronounced [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs].

Key facts for gedankenlos
PropertyValue
Headwordgedankenlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs]
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gedankenlos in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gedankenlos is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,494 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for gedankenlos in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gedankenlos, spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht
  2. 2
    geistig abwesend, nicht auf eine Sache konzentriert

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Frequency rank: #50,494 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gedankenlos"?
"gedankenlos" is spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs].
What does "gedankenlos" mean?
As an adj, "gedankenlos" means: ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht
How do you pronounce "gedankenlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gedankenlos" is [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gedankenlos" come from?
"gedankenlos" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.