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gelangweilt

German, adjective[ɡəˈlaŋˌvaɪ̯lt]

gelangweilt is spelled G-E-L-A-N-G-W-E-I-L-T (11 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelangweilt is a German adjective meaning “bored” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of langweilen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Gefühl von Langeweile, Desinteresse oder Lustlosigkeit verspürend”.

What does gelangweilt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bored

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of langweilen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. das Gefühl von Langeweile, Desinteresse oder Lustlosigkeit verspürend

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 gelangweilt

  • gelangweilter masculine nominative singular
  • am gelangweiltesten superlative
  • gelangweilte feminine nominative singular
  • gelangweiltes neuter nominative singular
  • gelangweilten genitive masculine singular
  • gelangweiltem dative masculine singular
  • der gelangweilte definite includes-article masculine
  • die gelangweilte definite feminine includes-article
  • das gelangweilte definite includes-article neuter
  • die gelangweilten definite includes-article nominative
  • des gelangweilten definite genitive includes-article
  • der gelangweilten definite feminine genitive
  • dem gelangweilten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gelangweilt?

  • [ɡəˈlaŋˌvaɪ̯lt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gelangweilt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gelangweilt in German?

gelangweilt appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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