heimatlos

\aj.ma.tlos\

/\aj.ma.tlos\/ adj

The verdict

“heimatlos” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apatride.

Corpus desk

Index FR-heimatlos · heimatlos · French

heimatlos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" 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.

Key facts for heimatlos
PropertyValue
Headwordheimatlos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\aj.ma.tlos\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « heimatlos » en français

heimatlosreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

heimatlos is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \aj.ma.tlos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for heimatlos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is heimatlos, spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apatride.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un exilé, notamment pour fuir le nazisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how heimatlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est ce que le tribunal de la Seine a fort bien compris quand il a décidé qu’un israélite heimatlos ne pouvait se réclamer de la loi mosaïque.
  2. Mais c’est tout de même drôle, avouez-le, de rencontrer à tout instant des gaillards qui parlent de la lutte des classes avec des tortillements d’auriculaire, des soupirs et des airs navrés comme s’ils appartenaient vraiment à on ne sait quelle humanité supérieure alors qu’une hâtive adaptation fait de la plupart d’entre eux des êtres socialement heimatlos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heimatlos"?
"heimatlos" is spelled H-E-I-M-A-T-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aj.ma.tlos\.
What does "heimatlos" mean?
As an adjective, "heimatlos" means: Apatride.
How do you pronounce "heimatlos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heimatlos" is \aj.ma.tlos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heimatlos" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list