gestaltlos
[ɡəˈʃtaltˌloːs]
The verdict
“gestaltlos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - keine Gestalt besitzend, ohne Gestalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gestaltlos · gestaltlos · German
gestaltlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | gestaltlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʃtaltˌloːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gestaltlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gestaltlos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʃtaltˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "keine Gestalt besitzend, ohne Gestalt".
gestaltlos has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 gestaltlos, spelled G-E-S-T-A-L-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1keine Gestalt besitzend, ohne Gestalt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gestaltlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Plötzlich stieg ihm Verwesungsgeruch in die Nase, der Schmerz in seinem Kopf steigerte sich zu einer unerträglichen Tortur, und er schrie, als ob jenes gestaltlose titanische Grauen das Leben aus seinem Gehirn und seinem Körper saugen würde.“
„Zugleich suchte mich ein ebenso gestaltloses Grauen heim, eine Vorahnung, als schwebte der Schatten eines längst vergangenen, doch immer noch drohenden Verhängnisses über mir.“
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.