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harmlos

German, adjective/ˈhaʁmloːs/

harmlos is spelled H-A-R-M-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harmlos is a German adjective meaning “harmless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “völlig unschädlich und ungefährlich, frei von Aggressionen”.

What does harmlos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    harmless

  2. 2

    innocuous

  3. 3

    inoffensive

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. völlig unschädlich und ungefährlich, frei von Aggressionen 2. ohne größere schädliche Wirkungen oder schlimme Folgen

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 harmlos

  • harmloser masculine nominative singular
  • am harmlosesten superlative
  • harmlose feminine nominative singular
  • harmloses neuter nominative singular
  • harmlosen genitive masculine singular
  • harmlosem dative masculine singular
  • der harmlose definite includes-article masculine
  • die harmlose definite feminine includes-article
  • das harmlose definite includes-article neuter
  • die harmlosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des harmlosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der harmlosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem harmlosen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce harmlos?

  • standard /ˈhaʁmloːs/
  • /ˈhaːmloːs/
  • [ˈhaʁmloːs]

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

English words that translate to harmlos

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

How common is harmlos in German?

harmlos appears 8.1 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).

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