empfänglich
German, adjective/ʔɛmˈpfɛŋlɪç/
empfänglich is spelled E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empfänglich is a German adjective meaning “susceptible, receptive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für bestimmte Anregungen oder Eindrücke offen; bereit, neue Eindrücke, Empfindungen und Anregungen aufzunehmen”.
What does empfänglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
susceptible, receptive
Neugeborene sind besonders empfänglich für Krankheitserreger.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für bestimmte Anregungen oder Eindrücke offen; bereit, neue Eindrücke, Empfindungen und Anregungen aufzunehmen
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 empfänglich
- empfänglicher masculine nominative singular
- am empfänglichsten superlative
- empfängliche feminine nominative singular
- empfängliches neuter nominative singular
- empfänglichen genitive masculine singular
- empfänglichem dative masculine singular
- der empfängliche definite includes-article masculine
- die empfängliche definite feminine includes-article
- das empfängliche definite includes-article neuter
- die empfänglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des empfänglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der empfänglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem empfänglichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empfänglich?
- /ʔɛmˈpfɛŋlɪç/
- [ɛmˈp͡fɛŋlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empfänglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empfänglich in German?
empfänglich appears 1.3 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).