Pflicht
German, noun/p͡flɪçt/
Pflicht is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflicht is a German feminine noun meaning “duty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das getan werden muss, was von einem verlangt oder erwartet wird”.
What does Pflicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das getan werden muss, was von einem verlangt oder erwartet wird
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 Pflicht
- Pflichten plural
- Pfl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflicht?
- standard /p͡flɪçt/
- /flɪçt/
- [p͡flɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pflicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pflicht in German?
Pflicht appears 36 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).