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dienstverpflichtet

German, adjective/ˈdiːnstfɛɐ̯ˌpflɪçtət/

dienstverpflichtet is spelled D-I-E-N-S-T-V-E-R-P-F-L-I-C-H-T-E-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dienstverpflichtet is a German adjective meaning “obligated to perform a particular service in the event of an emergency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wegen eines Notstandes zu einem bestimmten Dienst gezwungen”.

What does dienstverpflichtet mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    obligated to perform a particular service in the event of an emergency

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. wegen eines Notstandes zu einem bestimmten Dienst gezwungen

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 dienstverpflichtet

  • dienstverpflichteter masculine nominative singular
  • dienstverpflichtete feminine nominative singular
  • dienstverpflichtetes neuter nominative singular
  • dienstverpflichteten genitive masculine singular
  • dienstverpflichtetem dative masculine singular
  • der dienstverpflichtete definite includes-article masculine
  • die dienstverpflichtete definite feminine includes-article
  • das dienstverpflichtete definite includes-article neuter
  • die dienstverpflichteten definite includes-article nominative
  • des dienstverpflichteten definite genitive includes-article
  • der dienstverpflichteten definite feminine genitive
  • dem dienstverpflichteten dative definite includes-article
  • den dienstverpflichteten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce dienstverpflichtet?

  • /ˈdiːnstfɛɐ̯ˌpflɪçtət/
  • [ˈdiːnstfɛɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçtət]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is dienstverpflichtet in German?

dienstverpflichtet appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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