Pflichterfüllung
[ˈp͡flɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌfʏlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Pflichterfüllung” is uncommon German (frequency #80,782 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,782
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung mit dem Ziel, dem, was man als seine Pflicht auffasst, gerecht zu werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-pflichterfullung · Pflichterfüllung · German
Pflichterfüllung · rank #80,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,782
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pfingstsonntag
Nearest frequency peer: Pfingstsonntag (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Pflichterfüllung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- peacock
peacock
19,223 corpus weight
- Personifika…
Personifikation
19,221 corpus weight
- Pfingstsonn…
Pfingstsonntag
19,220 corpus weight
- Pflichterfü…
Pflichterfüllung
19,219 corpus weight
- pharmakolog…
pharmakologische
19,217 corpus weight
- Philly
Philly
19,216 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Pflichterfüllung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pflichterfüllung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈp͡flɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌfʏlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #80,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pflichterfüllung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pflichterfüllung is uncommon German at frequency #80,782 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈp͡flɪçtʔɛɐ̯ˌfʏlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Handlung mit dem Ziel, dem, was man als seine Pflicht auffasst, gerecht zu werden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Pflichterfüllung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Pflichterfüllung, spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-E-R-F-Ü-L-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung mit dem Ziel, dem, was man als seine Pflicht auffasst, gerecht zu werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pflichterfüllung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das klingt alles eher nach Pflichterfüllung als nach Freude am gemeinsamen Zusammenleben.“
„Aber es half nichts, Johanna ließ sich nicht auf den Pfad der weiblichen Pflichterfüllung abdrängen.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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