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haftfähig

German, adjective/ˈhaftˌfɛːɪç/

haftfähig is a German adjective meaning “liable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Lage, eine Haftstrafe zu verbüßen”.

What does haftfähig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    liable

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in der Lage, eine Haftstrafe zu verbüßen

adjective: 1. in der Lage, an etwas festzukleben 2. Bodenhaftung besitzend

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 haftfähig

  • haftfähiger masculine nominative singular
  • haftfähige feminine nominative singular
  • haftfähiges neuter nominative singular
  • haftfähigen genitive masculine singular
  • haftfähigem dative masculine singular
  • der haftfähige definite includes-article masculine
  • die haftfähige definite feminine includes-article
  • das haftfähige definite includes-article neuter
  • die haftfähigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des haftfähigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der haftfähigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem haftfähigen dative definite includes-article
  • den haftfähigen dative definite includes-article
  • am haftfähigsten superlative

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

How do you pronounce haftfähig?

  • /ˈhaftˌfɛːɪç/
  • /-ˌfeːɪç/
  • /-ˌfɛːɪk/

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

How common is haftfähig in German?

haftfähig appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.

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