geistlos
[ˈɡaɪ̯stˌloːs]
The verdict
“geistlos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne neue Ideen, langweilig
Corpus desk
Index DE-geistlos · geistlos · German
geistlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | geistlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯stˌloːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geistlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geistlos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for geistlos, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is geistlos, spelled G-E-I-S-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne neue Ideen, langweilig
- 2sich wiederholend, zu routiniert, langweilig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geistlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Artikel ist so geistlos und hohl, den lese ich nicht zu Ende.
Selten war ein Wahlkampf so geistlos.
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.