dienstfähig
German, adjective/ˈdiːnstˌfɛːɪç/
dienstfähig is spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-F-Ä-H-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dienstfähig is a German adjective meaning “capable, able to serve or work (especially deemed so by formal examination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Lage, seine Arbeit/seinen Dienst zu verrichten”.
What does dienstfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
capable, able to serve or work (especially deemed so by formal examination)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Lage, seine Arbeit/seinen Dienst zu verrichten
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 dienstfähig
- dienstfähiger masculine nominative singular
- dienstfähige feminine nominative singular
- dienstfähiges neuter nominative singular
- dienstfähigen genitive masculine singular
- dienstfähigem dative masculine singular
- der dienstfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die dienstfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das dienstfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die dienstfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des dienstfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der dienstfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem dienstfähigen dative definite includes-article
- den dienstfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dienstfähig?
- /ˈdiːnstˌfɛːɪç/
- /-ˌfeːɪç/
- /-ˌfɛːɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dienstfähig in German?
dienstfähig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).