gedankenverloren
German, adjective[ɡəˈdaŋkn̩fɛɐ̯ˌloːʁən]
gedankenverloren is spelled G-E-D-A-N-K-E-N-V-E-R-L-O-R-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedankenverloren is a German adjective meaning “absent-minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache”.
What does gedankenverloren mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absent-minded
- 2
distracted
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Gedanken versunken, mit seinen Gedanken nicht bei der Sache
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 gedankenverloren
- gedankenverlorener masculine nominative singular
- gedankenverlorene feminine nominative singular
- gedankenverlorenes neuter nominative singular
- gedankenverlorenen genitive masculine singular
- gedankenverlorenem dative masculine singular
- der gedankenverlorene definite includes-article masculine
- die gedankenverlorene definite feminine includes-article
- das gedankenverlorene definite includes-article neuter
- die gedankenverlorenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gedankenverlorenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gedankenverlorenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gedankenverlorenen dative definite includes-article
- den gedankenverlorenen dative definite includes-article
- gedankenverlorner positive nominative strong
- gedankenverlorne positive nominative strong
- gedankenverlornes positive nominative strong
- gedankenverlornen positive genitive strong
- gedankenverlornem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gedankenverloren?
- [ɡəˈdaŋkn̩fɛɐ̯ˌloːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gedankenverloren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedankenverloren in German?
gedankenverloren 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).