gleichgültig
German, adjective/ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌɡʏltɪç/
gleichgültig is spelled G-L-E-I-C-H-G-Ü-L-T-I-G (12 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleichgültig is a German adjective meaning “indifferent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Interesse, Teilnahme an etwas”.
What does gleichgültig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indifferent
- 2
unimportant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Interesse, Teilnahme an etwas 2. nicht wichtig; unbedeutend
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 gleichgültig
- gleichgültiger masculine nominative singular
- gleichgültige feminine nominative singular
- gleichgültiges neuter nominative singular
- gleichgültigen genitive masculine singular
- gleichgültigem dative masculine singular
- der gleichgültige definite includes-article masculine
- die gleichgültige definite feminine includes-article
- das gleichgültige definite includes-article neuter
- die gleichgültigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gleichgültigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gleichgültigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gleichgültigen dative definite includes-article
- den gleichgültigen dative definite includes-article
- am gleichgültigsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gleichgültig?
- /ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌɡʏltɪç/
- /-ˌɡʏltɪk/
- [ˈɡlaɪ̯çˌɡʏltɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gleichgültig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gleichgültig in German?
gleichgültig appears 3.4 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).