ineffizient
German, adjective/ɪnefit͡sjənt/
ineffizient is spelled I-N-E-F-F-I-Z-I-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ineffizient is a German adjective meaning “inefficient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht effizient”.
What does ineffizient mean in English?
adjective
- 1
inefficient
Dieser Angriff war sehr ineffizient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht effizient
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 ineffizient
- ineffizienter masculine nominative singular
- am ineffizientesten superlative
- ineffiziente feminine nominative singular
- ineffizientes neuter nominative singular
- ineffizienten genitive masculine singular
- ineffizientem dative masculine singular
- der ineffiziente definite includes-article masculine
- die ineffiziente definite feminine includes-article
- das ineffiziente definite includes-article neuter
- die ineffizienten definite includes-article nominative
- des ineffizienten definite genitive includes-article
- der ineffizienten definite feminine genitive
- dem ineffizienten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ineffizient?
- /ɪnefit͡sjənt/
- [ɪnəfit͡sjənt]
- [ɪnɛfit͡sjənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ineffizient in German?
ineffizient appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).