pflegebedürftig
German, adjective/ˈpfleːɡəbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
pflegebedürftig is spelled P-F-L-E-G-E-B-E-D-Ü-R-F-T-I-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflegebedürftig is a German adjective meaning “dependent (needing care)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pflege, Fürsorge, Betreuung benötigend”.
What does pflegebedürftig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dependent (needing care)
- 2
high-maintenance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Pflege, Fürsorge, Betreuung benötigend 2. Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung der Benutzbarkeit von Dingen benötigend
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 pflegebedürftig
- pflegebedürftiger masculine nominative singular
- am pflegebedürftigsten superlative
- pflegebedürftige feminine nominative singular
- pflegebedürftiges neuter nominative singular
- pflegebedürftigen genitive masculine singular
- pflegebedürftigem dative masculine singular
- der pflegebedürftige definite includes-article masculine
- die pflegebedürftige definite feminine includes-article
- das pflegebedürftige definite includes-article neuter
- die pflegebedürftigen definite includes-article nominative
- des pflegebedürftigen definite genitive includes-article
- der pflegebedürftigen definite feminine genitive
- dem pflegebedürftigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pflegebedürftig?
- /ˈpfleːɡəbəˌdʏʁftɪç/
- /-ˌdʏʁftɪk/
- [ˈp͡fleːɡəbəˌdʏʁftɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pflegebedürftig in German?
pflegebedürftig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).