Kopflosigkeit
German, noun/ˈkɔp͡floːzɪçkaɪ̯t/
Kopflosigkeit is spelled K-O-P-F-L-O-S-I-G-K-E-I-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kopflosigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “headlessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, die in deutlichem Maße unkontrolliertes Verhalten frei von Planen und…”.
What does Kopflosigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadlessness
- 2
feminineabsentmindedness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, die in deutlichem Maße unkontrolliertes Verhalten frei von Planen und Verantwortungsübernahme zeigt (durch mangelndes Interesse, aber auch durch Panik verursacht)
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 Kopflosigkeit
- Kopflosigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kopflosigkeit?
- /ˈkɔp͡floːzɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈkɔp͡floːzɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈkɔp͡floːzɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kopflosigkeit in German?
Kopflosigkeit appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).