wirkungslos
German, adjective[ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs]
wirkungslos is spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G-S-L-O-S (11 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirkungslos is a German adjective meaning “ineffective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “keine Wirkung habend; eine Handlung, die nichts verändert”.
What does wirkungslos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ineffective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. keine Wirkung habend; eine Handlung, die nichts verändert
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 wirkungslos
- wirkungsloser masculine nominative singular
- am wirkungslosesten superlative
- wirkungslose feminine nominative singular
- wirkungsloses neuter nominative singular
- wirkungslosen genitive masculine singular
- wirkungslosem dative masculine singular
- der wirkungslose definite includes-article masculine
- die wirkungslose definite feminine includes-article
- das wirkungslose definite includes-article neuter
- die wirkungslosen definite includes-article nominative
- des wirkungslosen definite genitive includes-article
- der wirkungslosen definite feminine genitive
- dem wirkungslosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wirkungslos?
- [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wirkungslos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wirkungslos in German?
wirkungslos appears 1.8 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).