bedürftig
German, adjective/bəˈdʏʁftɪç/
bedürftig is a German adjective meaning “needy, poor, indigent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es bedurft wird”.
What does bedürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
needy, poor, indigent
- 2
in need of
suffix
- 1
Forms adjectives denoting the need of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es bedurft wird
suffix: 1. (produktives) Wortbildungselement zur Bildung denominaler Adjektive, das ausdrückt, dass das im Bestimmungswort genannte Substantiv in besonderer Weise gebraucht wird, nötig ist
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 bedürftig
- bedürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am bedürftigsten superlative
- bedürftige feminine nominative singular
- bedürftiges neuter nominative singular
- bedürftigen genitive masculine singular
- bedürftigem dative masculine singular
- der bedürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die bedürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das bedürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die bedürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des bedürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der bedürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem bedürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bedürftig?
- /bəˈdʏʁftɪç/
- /beˈdʏʁftɪk/
- [bəˈdʏʁftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bedürftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bedürftig in German?
bedürftig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).