trostlos
German, adjective/ˈtʁoːstloːs/
trostlos is spelled T-R-O-S-T-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trostlos is a German adjective meaning “dreary, bleak, desolate, dismal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch nichts und niemanden Trost findend; verzweifelt”.
What does trostlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dreary, bleak, desolate, dismal
- 2
depressing
- 3
inconsolable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch nichts und niemanden Trost findend; verzweifelt 2. deprimierend schlecht 3. öde, reizlos
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 trostlos
- trostloser masculine nominative singular
- am trostlosesten superlative
- trostlose feminine nominative singular
- trostloses neuter nominative singular
- trostlosen genitive masculine singular
- trostlosem dative masculine singular
- der trostlose definite includes-article masculine
- die trostlose definite feminine includes-article
- das trostlose definite includes-article neuter
- die trostlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des trostlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der trostlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem trostlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trostlos?
- /ˈtʁoːstloːs/
- [ˈtʁoːstloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trostlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trostlos in German?
trostlos appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).