gewissenlos
German, adjective[ɡəˈvɪsn̩ˌloːs]
gewissenlos is spelled G-E-W-I-S-S-E-N-L-O-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewissenlos is a German adjective meaning “unscrupulous (without a moral compass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “frei von Rücksichten und Verantwortungsübernahme (Gewissen)”.
What does gewissenlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unscrupulous (without a moral compass)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. frei von Rücksichten und Verantwortungsübernahme (Gewissen)
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 gewissenlos
- gewissenloser masculine nominative singular
- am gewissenlosesten superlative
- gewissenlose feminine nominative singular
- gewissenloses neuter nominative singular
- gewissenlosen genitive masculine singular
- gewissenlosem dative masculine singular
- der gewissenlose definite includes-article masculine
- die gewissenlose definite feminine includes-article
- das gewissenlose definite includes-article neuter
- die gewissenlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des gewissenlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der gewissenlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem gewissenlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewissenlos?
- [ɡəˈvɪsn̩ˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewissenlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewissenlos in German?
gewissenlos appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).