Leichtsinn
German, noun/ˈlaɪ̯çtzɪn/
Leichtsinn is spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-S-I-N-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leichtsinn is a German masculine noun meaning “carelessness, recklessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mangel an Vorsicht und Überlegung beim Handeln”.
What does Leichtsinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarelessness, recklessness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mangel an Vorsicht und Überlegung beim Handeln
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 Leichtsinn
- Leichtsinnes genitive
- Leichtsinns genitive
- Leichtsinne dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Leichtsinn?
- /ˈlaɪ̯çtzɪn/
- [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Leichtsinn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leichtsinn in German?
Leichtsinn appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).