taktlos
German, adjective/ˈtaktloːs/
taktlos is spelled T-A-K-T-L-O-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taktlos is a German adjective meaning “tactless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangebracht und verletzend; indiskret”.
What does taktlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tactless
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. unangebracht und verletzend; indiskret 2. keinem Takt folgend; nicht im Takt 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 taktlos
- taktloser masculine nominative singular
- am taktlosesten superlative
- taktlose feminine nominative singular
- taktloses neuter nominative singular
- taktlosen genitive masculine singular
- taktlosem dative masculine singular
- der taktlose definite includes-article masculine
- die taktlose definite feminine includes-article
- das taktlose definite includes-article neuter
- die taktlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des taktlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der taktlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem taktlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taktlos?
- /ˈtaktloːs/
- [ˈtaktloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taktlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taktlos in German?
taktlos appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).