nonchalant
German, adjective[ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlɑ̃ː]
nonchalant is spelled N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonchalant is a German adjective meaning “nonchalant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich nicht an Formen haltend (was liebenswürdig ungezwungen, aber auch rücksichtslos wirken kann)”.
What does nonchalant mean in English?
adjective
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nonchalant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich nicht an Formen haltend (was liebenswürdig ungezwungen, aber auch rücksichtslos wirken kann)
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 nonchalant
- nonchalanter masculine nominative singular
- am nonchalantesten superlative
- nonchalante feminine nominative singular
- nonchalantes neuter nominative singular
- nonchalanten genitive masculine singular
- nonchalantem dative masculine singular
- der nonchalante definite includes-article masculine
- die nonchalante definite feminine includes-article
- das nonchalante definite includes-article neuter
- die nonchalanten definite includes-article nominative
- des nonchalanten definite genitive includes-article
- der nonchalanten definite feminine genitive
- dem nonchalanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nonchalant?
- [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlɑ̃ː]
- [ˌnɔ̃ʃaˈlant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nonchalant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nonchalant in German?
nonchalant appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).