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herzlos

German, adjective[ˈhɛʁt͡sloːs]

herzlos is spelled H-E-R-Z-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herzlos is a German adjective meaning “heartless, unfeeling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Mitgefühl; ohne Erbarmen; grausam; unmenschlich”.

What does herzlos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    heartless, unfeeling

  2. 2

    acardiac

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Mitgefühl; ohne Erbarmen; grausam; unmenschlich

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 herzlos

  • herzloser masculine nominative singular
  • am herzlosesten superlative
  • herzlose feminine nominative singular
  • herzloses neuter nominative singular
  • herzlosen genitive masculine singular
  • herzlosem dative masculine singular
  • der herzlose definite includes-article masculine
  • die herzlose definite feminine includes-article
  • das herzlose definite includes-article neuter
  • die herzlosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des herzlosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der herzlosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem herzlosen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce herzlos?

  • [ˈhɛʁt͡sloːs]
  • [ˈhɛʁt͡sˌloːs]

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

English words that translate to herzlos

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

How common is herzlos in German?

herzlos appears about once in every 1 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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