hilfebedürftig
German, adjective/ˈhɪlfəbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
hilfebedürftig is spelled H-I-L-F-E-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilfebedürftig is a German adjective meaning “needy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does hilfebedürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
needy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of hilfebedürftig
- hilfebedürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am hilfebedürftigsten superlative
- hilfebedürftige feminine nominative singular
- hilfebedürftiges neuter nominative singular
- hilfebedürftigen genitive masculine singular
- hilfebedürftigem dative masculine singular
- der hilfebedürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die hilfebedürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das hilfebedürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die hilfebedürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des hilfebedürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der hilfebedürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem hilfebedürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hilfebedürftig?
- /ˈhɪlfəbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
- /-ˌdʏʁftɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hilfebedürftig in German?
hilfebedürftig appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).