erforderlich
German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç/
erforderlich is a German adjective meaning “necessary, required, essential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand/etwas ist nötig, wird gebraucht”.
What does erforderlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
necessary, required, essential
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jemand/etwas ist nötig, wird gebraucht
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 erforderlich
- erforderlicher masculine nominative singular
- am erforderlichsten superlative
- erforderliche feminine nominative singular
- erforderliches neuter nominative singular
- erforderlichen genitive masculine singular
- erforderlichem dative masculine singular
- der erforderliche definite includes-article masculine
- die erforderliche definite feminine includes-article
- das erforderliche definite includes-article neuter
- die erforderlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des erforderlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der erforderlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem erforderlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erforderlich?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfɔʁdɐlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erforderlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erforderlich in German?
erforderlich appears 33 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).