hilfsbedürftige

Name: hilfsbedürftige, German Word Data
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[ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]

/[ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“hilfsbedürftige” is uncommon German (frequency #67,324 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,324
frequency rank, German: 59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig

Key facts for hilfsbedürftige
Property	Value
Headword	hilfsbedürftige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#67,324
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hilfsbedürftige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hilfsbedürftige lands here:

#67,324

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hilfsbedürftige is uncommon German at frequency #67,324 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hilfsbedürftige, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hilfsbedürftige, spelled H-I-L-F-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hilfsbedürftige"?

"hilfsbedürftige" is spelled H-I-L-F-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə].

What does "hilfsbedürftige" mean?

As an adjective, "hilfsbedürftige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs hilfsbedürftig

How do you pronounce "hilfsbedürftige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hilfsbedürftige" is [ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hilfsbedürftige" come from?

"hilfsbedürftige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “hilfsbedürftige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is H-I-L-F-S-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈhɪlfsbəˌdʏʁftɪɡə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.