schnörkellos
German, adjective/ˈʃnœʁkl̩ˌloːs/
schnörkellos is spelled S-C-H-N-Ö-R-K-E-L-L-O-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schnörkellos is a German adjective meaning “simple, unfussy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sachlich und schlicht, keinen Zierrat aufweisend, schmucklos”.
What does schnörkellos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
simple, unfussy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sachlich und schlicht, keinen Zierrat aufweisend, schmucklos 2. aufs Wesentliche konzentriert, ohne Umschweife 3. gerade, direkt; ohne Kunststücke
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 schnörkellos
- schnörkelloser masculine nominative singular
- am schnörkellosesten superlative
- schnörkellose feminine nominative singular
- schnörkelloses neuter nominative singular
- schnörkellosen genitive masculine singular
- schnörkellosem dative masculine singular
- der schnörkellose definite includes-article masculine
- die schnörkellose definite feminine includes-article
- das schnörkellose definite includes-article neuter
- die schnörkellosen definite includes-article nominative
- des schnörkellosen definite genitive includes-article
- der schnörkellosen definite feminine genitive
- dem schnörkellosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schnörkellos?
- /ˈʃnœʁkl̩ˌloːs/
- [ˈʃnœʁkl̩ˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schnörkellos in German?
schnörkellos appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).