gedankenlos
German, adjective/ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs/
gedankenlos is spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-L-O-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedankenlos is a German adjective meaning “thoughtless, unthinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht”.
What does gedankenlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thoughtless, unthinking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne vorheriges Nachdenken, nicht überdacht 2. geistig abwesend, nicht auf eine Sache konzentriert
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 gedankenlos
- gedankenloser masculine nominative singular
- am gedankenlosesten superlative
- gedankenlose feminine nominative singular
- gedankenloses neuter nominative singular
- gedankenlosen genitive masculine singular
- gedankenlosem dative masculine singular
- der gedankenlose definite includes-article masculine
- die gedankenlose definite feminine includes-article
- das gedankenlose definite includes-article neuter
- die gedankenlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des gedankenlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der gedankenlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem gedankenlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gedankenlos?
- /ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs/
- [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gedankenlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedankenlos in German?
gedankenlos appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).