gnadenlos
German, adjective/ˈɡnaːdənˌloːs/
gnadenlos is spelled G-N-A-D-E-N-L-O-S (9 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnadenlos is a German adjective meaning “merciless, unforgiving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Gnade, ohne Wohlwollen gegenüber einem Schwächeren”.
What does gnadenlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
merciless, unforgiving
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Gnade, ohne Wohlwollen gegenüber einem Schwächeren
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 gnadenlos
- gnadenloser masculine nominative singular
- am gnadenlosesten superlative
- gnadenlose feminine nominative singular
- gnadenloses neuter nominative singular
- gnadenlosen genitive masculine singular
- gnadenlosem dative masculine singular
- der gnadenlose definite includes-article masculine
- die gnadenlose definite feminine includes-article
- das gnadenlose definite includes-article neuter
- die gnadenlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des gnadenlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der gnadenlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem gnadenlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gnadenlos?
- /ˈɡnaːdənˌloːs/
- [ˈɡnaːdn̩ˌloːs]
- [ˈɡnaːdn̩loːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gnadenlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gnadenlos in German?
gnadenlos appears 4.1 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).