sinnlos
German, adjective/ˈzɪnloːs/
sinnlos is spelled S-I-N-N-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinnlos is a German adjective meaning “meaningless, pointless, senseless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Sinn seiend, eine inhaltsleere oder unüberlegte Aussage seiend, ohne Zusammenhang seiend, sich auf…”.
What does sinnlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meaningless, pointless, senseless
- 2
excessive, disproportionate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Sinn seiend, eine inhaltsleere oder unüberlegte Aussage seiend, ohne Zusammenhang seiend, sich auf fehlenden Sinn beziehend, ohne Zweck, ohne Vernunft seiend
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 sinnlos
- sinnloser masculine nominative singular
- am sinnlosesten superlative
- sinnlose feminine nominative singular
- sinnloses neuter nominative singular
- sinnlosen genitive masculine singular
- sinnlosem dative masculine singular
- der sinnlose definite includes-article masculine
- die sinnlose definite feminine includes-article
- das sinnlose definite includes-article neuter
- die sinnlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des sinnlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der sinnlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem sinnlosen dative definite includes-article
- sinnl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinnlos?
- /ˈzɪnloːs/
- [ˈzɪnloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinnlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinnlos in German?
sinnlos appears 11 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).