zügellos
German, adjective/ˈtsyːɡəˌloːs/
zügellos is spelled Z-Ü-G-E-L-L-O-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zügellos is a German adjective meaning “self-indulgent, unbridled, unrestrained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Selbstdisziplin, unbeherrscht, maßlos, ungezügelt”.
What does zügellos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
self-indulgent, unbridled, unrestrained
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Selbstdisziplin, unbeherrscht, maßlos, ungezügelt
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 zügellos
- zügelloser masculine nominative singular
- am zügellosesten superlative
- zügellose feminine nominative singular
- zügelloses neuter nominative singular
- zügellosen genitive masculine singular
- zügellosem dative masculine singular
- der zügellose definite includes-article masculine
- die zügellose definite feminine includes-article
- das zügellose definite includes-article neuter
- die zügellosen definite includes-article nominative
- des zügellosen definite genitive includes-article
- der zügellosen definite feminine genitive
- dem zügellosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zügellos?
- /ˈtsyːɡəˌloːs/
- [ˈt͡syːɡl̩ˌloːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zügellos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zügellos in German?
zügellos appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).