bettlägerig
German, adjective/ˈbɛtlɛːɡəʁɪç/
bettlägerig is spelled B-E-T-T-L-Ä-G-E-R-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bettlägerig is a German adjective meaning “bedridden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufgrund von Krankheit im Bett liegen müssend”.
What does bettlägerig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bedridden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aufgrund von Krankheit im Bett liegen müssend
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 bettlägerig
- bettlägeriger masculine nominative singular
- bettlägerige feminine nominative singular
- bettlägeriges neuter nominative singular
- bettlägerigen genitive masculine singular
- bettlägerigem dative masculine singular
- der bettlägerige definite includes-article masculine
- die bettlägerige definite feminine includes-article
- das bettlägerige definite includes-article neuter
- die bettlägerigen definite includes-article nominative
- des bettlägerigen definite genitive includes-article
- der bettlägerigen definite feminine genitive
- dem bettlägerigen dative definite includes-article
- den bettlägerigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bettlägerig?
- /ˈbɛtlɛːɡəʁɪç/
- /ˈbɛtleːɡəʁɪç/
- /ˈbɛtlɛːɡəʁɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bettlägerig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bettlägerig in German?
bettlägerig appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).