Pflichtfach
German, noun/ˈpflɪçtˌfax/
Pflichtfach is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-F-A-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtfach is a German neuter noun meaning “compulsory course, required subject” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unterrichtsfach, an dem Schüler/Studierende im Zusammenhang mit ihrer Ausbildung zwingend teilnehmen müssen”.
What does Pflichtfach mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercompulsory course, required subject
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unterrichtsfach, an dem Schüler/Studierende im Zusammenhang mit ihrer Ausbildung zwingend teilnehmen müssen
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 Pflichtfach
- Pflichtfachs genitive
- Pflichtfaches genitive
- Pflichtfächer plural
- Pflichtfache dative singular
- Pflichtfächern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflichtfach?
- /ˈpflɪçtˌfax/
- [ˈp͡flɪçtˌfaχ]
- [ˈflɪçt-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pflichtfach in German?
Pflichtfach 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).