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kraftlos

German, adjective/ˈkʁaftˌloːs/

kraftlos is spelled K-R-A-F-T-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kraftlos is a German adjective meaning “powerless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Kraft, mit nur sehr wenig Kraft”.

What does kraftlos mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    powerless

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ohne Kraft, mit nur sehr wenig Kraft

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 kraftlos

  • kraftloser masculine nominative singular
  • am kraftlosesten superlative
  • kraftlose feminine nominative singular
  • kraftloses neuter nominative singular
  • kraftlosen genitive masculine singular
  • kraftlosem dative masculine singular
  • der kraftlose definite includes-article masculine
  • die kraftlose definite feminine includes-article
  • das kraftlose definite includes-article neuter
  • die kraftlosen definite includes-article nominative
  • des kraftlosen definite genitive includes-article
  • der kraftlosen definite feminine genitive
  • dem kraftlosen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce kraftlos?

  • /ˈkʁaftˌloːs/
  • [ˈkʁaftˌloːs]

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

English words that translate to kraftlos

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

How common is kraftlos in German?

kraftlos appears about once in every 1 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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