Defizit
German, noun/ˈdeːfit͡siːt/
Defizit is spelled D-E-F-I-Z-I-T (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Defizit is a German neuter noun meaning “deficit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fehlen von etwas (meist eines Geldbetrags)”.
What does Defizit mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdeficit
- 2
neuterdeficiency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fehlen von etwas (meist eines Geldbetrags) 2. Fehlen von etwas, das man dann als Mangel bewertet (und ausgleichen möchte)
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 Defizit
- Defizites genitive
- Defizits genitive
- Defizite plural
- Defiziten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Defizit?
- /ˈdeːfit͡siːt/
- /ˈdeːfit͡sɪt/
- [ˈdeːfit͡siːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Defizit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Defizit in German?
Defizit appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).