ademloos

Ademloos is a Dutch term meaning breathless. It functions as an adjective and an adverb to describe someone who is without breath after physical exertion or to characterize a scene or narrative marked by urgency or intensity. The word is formed from adem meaning breath and loos meaning without, reflecting the common Dutch suffix -loos that conveys lack of something. In ordinary Dutch, ademloos appears in both speech and writing and can describe physical states (for example, someone arriving ademloos) as well as figurative ones (a scene of ademloze spanning or tension).

In media and culture, ademloos is occasionally used as a title or part of a title for Dutch-language works, including novels, essays, or films, underscoring its evocative connotation of urgency or emotional intensity. It is not widely used as a designation for a person, organization, or geographic place; its primary role is lexical, describing breath state or mood.

Because ademloos is a common Dutch word rather than a proper noun, it does not designate a single internationally known subject. When encountered in English-language sources, it is typically left untranslated or described as the Dutch word for breathless. The term remains a standard descriptor in contemporary Dutch, accessible to readers and listeners across contexts.