dürftig
German, adjective/ˈdʏʁftɪç/
dürftig is spelled D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dürftig is a German adjective meaning “meager, scanty, sparse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “materielle Armut bezeugend, ärmlich, karg”.
What does dürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
meager, scanty, sparse
- 2
tenuous
- 3
poor; impoverished
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. materielle Armut bezeugend, ärmlich, karg 2. für einen bestimmten Zweck nicht ausreichend oder genügend 3. schwächlich, schmächtig
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 dürftig
- dürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am dürftigsten superlative
- dürftige feminine nominative singular
- dürftiges neuter nominative singular
- dürftigen genitive masculine singular
- dürftigem dative masculine singular
- der dürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die dürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das dürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die dürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des dürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der dürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem dürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dürftig?
- /ˈdʏʁftɪç/
- /ˈdʏʁftɪk/
- [ˈdʏʁftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dürftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dürftig in German?
dürftig appears 1.6 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).