hoffnungslos
German, adjective/ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːs/
hoffnungslos is spelled H-O-F-F-N-U-N-G-S-L-O-S (12 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoffnungslos is a German adjective meaning “hopeless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; pessimistisch”.
What does hoffnungslos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hopeless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Hoffnung (mehr) besitzend; pessimistisch 2. nicht zur Hoffnung veranlassend 3. in einem hohen Maße
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 hoffnungslos
- hoffnungsloser masculine nominative singular
- am hoffnungslosesten superlative
- hoffnungslose feminine nominative singular
- hoffnungsloses neuter nominative singular
- hoffnungslosen genitive masculine singular
- hoffnungslosem dative masculine singular
- der hoffnungslose definite includes-article masculine
- die hoffnungslose definite feminine includes-article
- das hoffnungslose definite includes-article neuter
- die hoffnungslosen definite includes-article nominative
- des hoffnungslosen definite genitive includes-article
- der hoffnungslosen definite feminine genitive
- dem hoffnungslosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoffnungslos?
- /ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːs/
- [ˈhɔfnʊŋsloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hoffnungslos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hoffnungslos in German?
hoffnungslos appears 3.6 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).