# gottlos

gottlos is a German adjective meaning “godless”. Forms: gottloser, am gottlosesten.

## Forms

- Comparative: gottloser
- Superlative: am gottlosesten

## In other languages

- Русский: безбожный

## Meanings

1. _derogatory_ godless, ungodly, not believing in God and/or disrespecting His commandments
2. _derogatory_ evil, diabolic, reprobate
   - Aber in diesem Jahr fällt es uns wohl allen schwer, einfach zur Tagesordnung zurückzukehren, nachdem wir am letzten Freitag erfahren mussten, wozu menschenverachtende und gottlose Terroristen fähig sind. — But this year we may all find it difficult to just go back to business as usual, after we had to learn last Friday what inhuman and godless terrorists are capable of.
3. bad, pathetic, terrible
   - Alter, lass ma' gehn! Die Musik is' so gottlos hier! — Mate, let's leave! The music in here is just pathetic!

## Examples

- Sie spürten, dass die Sklaverei gottlos war. — They felt that slavery was evil.

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