Gedankenlosigkeit
[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Gedankenlosigkeit” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, die in deutlichem Maße ein Verhalten frei von Rücksichten und Verantwortungsübernahme zeigt, das zudem frei von Gedanken an negative Konsequenzen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gedankenlosigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːzɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gedankenlosigkeit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Gedankenlosigkeit is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩loːzɪçkaɪ̯t]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, die in deutlichem Maße ein Verhalten frei von Rücksichten und Verantwortungsübernahme zeigt, das zudem frei von Gedanken an negative Konsequenzen ist".
Gedankenlosigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Gedankenlosigkeit, spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, die in deutlichem Maße ein Verhalten frei von Rücksichten und Verantwortungsübernahme zeigt, das zudem frei von Gedanken an negative Konsequenzen ist
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.
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Using “Gedankenlosigkeit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.