wurzellos
[ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌloːs]
The verdict
“wurzellos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Wurzel
Corpus desk
Index DE-wurzellos · wurzellos · German
wurzellos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wurzellos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌloːs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wurzellos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wurzellos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wurzellos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wurzellos, spelled W-U-R-Z-E-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Wurzel
- 2ohne Heimat; ohne Bindungen, ohne einen Ort und ohne Personen, an dem/bei denen man sich zu Hause fühlt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wurzellos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Alle Zähne der Hasenartigen sind wurzellose Zähne.“
[Wombats:] „Im Ober- und Unterkiefer befinden sich je ein Paar wurzellose Schneidezähne, die Backenzähne sind einfach gebaut und ebenfalls wurzellos.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.