leichtsinnig
German, adjective/ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç/
leichtsinnig is spelled L-E-I-C-H-T-S-I-N-N-I-G (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leichtsinnig is a German adjective meaning “careless, reckless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unvorsichtig Risiken eingehend, nicht an Gefahren und Verantwortung denkend”.
What does leichtsinnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
careless, reckless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unvorsichtig Risiken eingehend, nicht an Gefahren und Verantwortung denkend
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 leichtsinnig
- leichtsinniger masculine nominative singular
- am leichtsinnigsten superlative
- leichtsinnige feminine nominative singular
- leichtsinniges neuter nominative singular
- leichtsinnigen genitive masculine singular
- leichtsinnigem dative masculine singular
- der leichtsinnige definite includes-article masculine
- die leichtsinnige definite feminine includes-article
- das leichtsinnige definite includes-article neuter
- die leichtsinnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des leichtsinnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der leichtsinnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem leichtsinnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leichtsinnig?
- /ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç/
- /ˈlaɪ̯çtˌsɪnɪk/
- [ˈlaɪ̯çtˌzɪnɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leichtsinnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leichtsinnig in German?
leichtsinnig appears 1.1 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).