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indolent

German, adjective/ɪndoˈlɛnt/

indolent is spelled I-N-D-O-L-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indolent is a German adjective meaning “indolent (mentally lazy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “geistig träge”.

What does indolent mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    indolent (mentally lazy)

  2. 2

    insensible to pain

  3. 3

    painless

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. geistig träge 2. so, dass es keinen Schmerz empfindet oder empfinden kann 3. keine Schmerzen verursachend

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 indolent

  • indolenter masculine nominative singular
  • am indolentesten superlative
  • indolente feminine nominative singular
  • indolentes neuter nominative singular
  • indolenten genitive masculine singular
  • indolentem dative masculine singular
  • der indolente definite includes-article masculine
  • die indolente definite feminine includes-article
  • das indolente definite includes-article neuter
  • die indolenten definite includes-article nominative
  • des indolenten definite genitive includes-article
  • der indolenten definite feminine genitive
  • dem indolenten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce indolent?

  • /ɪndoˈlɛnt/
  • /ˈɪndolɛnt/
  • [ˈɪndolɛnt]

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

English words that translate to indolent

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

How common is indolent in German?

indolent appears about once in every 68 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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