hinfällig
German, adjective/ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç/
hinfällig is spelled H-I-N-F-Ä-L-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinfällig is a German adjective meaning “decrepit, frail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schwach von Alter”.
What does hinfällig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decrepit, frail
- 2
obsolete
- 3
invalid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schwach von Alter 2. nicht mehr aktuell
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 hinfällig
- hinfälliger masculine nominative singular
- am hinfälligsten superlative
- hinfällige feminine nominative singular
- hinfälliges neuter nominative singular
- hinfälligen genitive masculine singular
- hinfälligem dative masculine singular
- der hinfällige definite includes-article masculine
- die hinfällige definite feminine includes-article
- das hinfällige definite includes-article neuter
- die hinfälligen definite includes-article nominative
- des hinfälligen definite genitive includes-article
- der hinfälligen definite feminine genitive
- dem hinfälligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinfällig?
- /ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç/
- /ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪk/
- [ˈhɪnˌfɛlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinfällig in German?
hinfällig appears 2.1 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).