Ineffizienz
German, noun[ˈɪnʔɛfit͡si̯ɛnt͡s]
Ineffizienz is spelled I-N-E-F-F-I-Z-I-E-N-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ineffizienz is a German feminine noun meaning “inefficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft/Zustand, ineffizient zu sein; nicht vorhandene Effizienz”.
What does Ineffizienz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinefficiency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft/Zustand, ineffizient zu sein; nicht vorhandene Effizienz
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 Ineffizienz
- Ineffizienzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ineffizienz?
- [ˈɪnʔɛfit͡si̯ɛnt͡s]
- [ɪnʔɛfiˈt͡si̯ɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ineffizienz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ineffizienz in German?
Ineffizienz appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).