hilfsbedürftig
German, adjective/ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
hilfsbedürftig is spelled H-I-L-F-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilfsbedürftig is a German adjective meaning “needy, in need” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Unterstützung angewiesen”.
What does hilfsbedürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
needy, in need
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf Unterstützung angewiesen
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 hilfsbedürftig
- hilfsbedürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am hilfsbedürftigsten superlative
- hilfsbedürftige feminine nominative singular
- hilfsbedürftiges neuter nominative singular
- hilfsbedürftigen genitive masculine singular
- hilfsbedürftigem dative masculine singular
- der hilfsbedürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die hilfsbedürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das hilfsbedürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die hilfsbedürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des hilfsbedürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der hilfsbedürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem hilfsbedürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hilfsbedürftig?
- /ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
- /-ˌdʏʁftɪk/
- [ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hilfsbedürftig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hilfsbedürftig in German?
hilfsbedürftig appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).