nachlässig
German, adjective/ˈnaːχˌlɛsɪç/
nachlässig is spelled N-A-C-H-L-Ä-S-S-I-G (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachlässig is a German adjective meaning “negligent, careless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht sorgfältig, unordentlich”.
What does nachlässig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
negligent, careless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht sorgfältig, unordentlich 2. ohne auf die Form zu achten, ungezwungen 3. ohne innere Beteiligung, gleichgültig 4. säumig
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 nachlässig
- nachlässiger masculine nominative singular
- am nachlässigsten superlative
- nachlässige feminine nominative singular
- nachlässiges neuter nominative singular
- nachlässigen genitive masculine singular
- nachlässigem dative masculine singular
- der nachlässige definite includes-article masculine
- die nachlässige definite feminine includes-article
- das nachlässige definite includes-article neuter
- die nachlässigen definite includes-article nominative
- des nachlässigen definite genitive includes-article
- der nachlässigen definite feminine genitive
- dem nachlässigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nachlässig?
- /ˈnaːχˌlɛsɪç/
- /-ˌlɛsɪk/
- [ˈnaːxˌlɛsɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nachlässig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nachlässig in German?
nachlässig 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).