indifferent
German, adjective/ˈɪndɪfəˌʁɛnt/
indifferent is spelled I-N-D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indifferent is a German adjective meaning “indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unentschieden zwischen oder gleichgültig gegenüber mehreren Möglichkeiten”.
What does indifferent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested
Er war gegenüber unsern Vorschlägen völlig indifferent.
- 2
neutral, indifferent, having no (pronounced) quality or value
Das Heiraten gilt im Islam als erwünscht, im Katholizismus hingegen als moralisch indifferent.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unentschieden zwischen oder gleichgültig gegenüber mehreren Möglichkeiten
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 indifferent
- indifferenter masculine nominative singular
- am indifferentesten superlative
- indifferente feminine nominative singular
- indifferentes neuter nominative singular
- indifferenten genitive masculine singular
- indifferentem dative masculine singular
- der indifferente definite includes-article masculine
- die indifferente definite feminine includes-article
- das indifferente definite includes-article neuter
- die indifferenten definite includes-article nominative
- des indifferenten definite genitive includes-article
- der indifferenten definite feminine genitive
- dem indifferenten dative definite includes-article
- ind. abbreviation
- indiff. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indifferent?
- /ˈɪndɪfəˌʁɛnt/
- [ˈɪndɪfəˌʁɛnt]
- [ˌɪndɪfəˈʁɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is indifferent in German?
indifferent appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).