notdürftig
German, adjective[ˈnoːtˌdʏʁftɪç]
notdürftig is spelled N-O-T-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notdürftig is a German adjective meaning “makeshift, jury-rigged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(erst einmal) gerade nur so weit, so viel, wie unbedingt nötig/notwendig ist (um zum Beispiel Verlust oder…”.
What does notdürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
makeshift, jury-rigged
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (erst einmal) gerade nur so weit, so viel, wie unbedingt nötig/notwendig ist (um zum Beispiel Verlust oder dauerhaften Schaden abzuwenden)
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 notdürftig
- notdürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am notdürftigsten superlative
- notdürftige feminine nominative singular
- notdürftiges neuter nominative singular
- notdürftigen genitive masculine singular
- notdürftigem dative masculine singular
- der notdürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die notdürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das notdürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die notdürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des notdürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der notdürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem notdürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce notdürftig?
- [ˈnoːtˌdʏʁftɪç]
- [ˈnoːtˌdʏʁftɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is notdürftig in German?
notdürftig appears 1.0 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).