humorlos

[huˈmoːɐ̯loːs]

/[huˈmoːɐ̯loːs]/ adj

The verdict

“humorlos” is uncommon German (frequency #64,371 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,371
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Sinn für Humor, nicht zu Späßen aufgelegt

Corpus desk

Index DE-humorlos · humorlos · German

humorlos · rank #64,371 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,371
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hundertstel

Nearest frequency peer: hundertstel (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „humorlos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „humorlos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for humorlos
PropertyValue
Headwordhumorlos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[huˈmoːɐ̯loːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#64,371
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „humorlos“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).humorlosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hundertstel“ (#64,372), „housing“ (#64,369), „Hotdog“ (#64,368). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „humorlos“ bei #64,371. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

humorlos is uncommon German at frequency #64,371 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [huˈmoːɐ̯loːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Sinn für Humor, nicht zu Späßen aufgelegt".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for humorlos, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is humorlos, spelled H-U-M-O-R-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Sinn für Humor, nicht zu Späßen aufgelegt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how humorlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Den Deutschen wird gerne nachgesagt, dass sie immer pünktlich und humorlos seien.
  2. Völlig humorlos schoss er den Ball volley ins linke Toreck.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "humorlos"?
"humorlos" is spelled H-U-M-O-R-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [huˈmoːɐ̯loːs].
What does "humorlos" mean?
As an adjective, "humorlos" means: ohne Sinn für Humor, nicht zu Späßen aufgelegt
How do you pronounce "humorlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humorlos" is [huˈmoːɐ̯loːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "humorlos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list