bedürftig

[bəˈdʏʁftɪç]

/[bəˈdʏʁftɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“bedürftig” is uncommon German (frequency #51,961 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,961
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so, dass es bedurft wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-bedurftig · bedürftig · German

bedürftig · rank #51,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,961
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH beaufsichtigen

Nearest frequency peer: beaufsichtigen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bedürftig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bedürftig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bedürftig
PropertyValue
Headwordbedürftig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[bəˈdʏʁftɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bedürftig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.bedürftigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „beaufsichtigen“ (#51,960), „Begrenzungen“ (#51,962), „Baumbestand“ (#51,959). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bedürftig“ bei #51,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bedürftig is uncommon German at frequency #51,961 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bəˈdʏʁftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so, dass es bedurft wird".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bedürftig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is bedürftig, spelled B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    so, dass es bedurft wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ziel dieser Aktion ist das Streben nach Hilfe für bedürftige Menschen.
  2. Bettlägerige Personen sind der Hilfe und Versorgung durch andere, zumeist auch der Pflege bedürftig.

This word in other languages

needy(English)necesitado(Español)nécessiteux(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bedürftig"?
"bedürftig" is spelled B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdʏʁftɪç].
What does "bedürftig" mean?
As an adjective, "bedürftig" means: so, dass es bedurft wird
How do you pronounce "bedürftig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bedürftig" is [bəˈdʏʁftɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bedürftig" come from?
"bedürftig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bedürftig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

automatic#51,949Besteller#51,976Aushilfen#51,943bewachsen#51,979

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list