dienstunfähig
German, adjective/ˈdiːnstʔʊnˌfɛːɪç/
dienstunfähig is spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-U-N-F-Ä-H-I-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dienstunfähig is a German adjective meaning “unserviceable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht in der Lage, seine Arbeit/seinen Dienst zu verrichten”.
What does dienstunfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unserviceable
- 2
unfit (for work)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht 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 dienstunfähig
- dienstunfähiger masculine nominative singular
- dienstunfähige feminine nominative singular
- dienstunfähiges neuter nominative singular
- dienstunfähigen genitive masculine singular
- dienstunfähigem dative masculine singular
- der dienstunfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die dienstunfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das dienstunfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die dienstunfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des dienstunfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der dienstunfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem dienstunfähigen dative definite includes-article
- den dienstunfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dienstunfähig?
- /ˈdiːnstʔʊnˌfɛːɪç/
- /-ʔʊnˌfeːɪç/
- /-ʔʊnˌfɛːɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dienstunfähig in German?
dienstunfähig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).