Pflichtgefühl
German, noun[ˈp͡flɪçtɡəˌfyːl]
Pflichtgefühl is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-G-E-F-Ü-H-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtgefühl is a German neuter noun meaning “conscientiousness, sense of duty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Drang, sich jemandem oder etwas gegenüber verantwortlich zu zeigen”.
What does Pflichtgefühl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterconscientiousness, sense of duty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Drang, sich jemandem oder etwas gegenüber verantwortlich zu zeigen
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 Pflichtgefühl
- Pflichtgefühles genitive
- Pflichtgefühls genitive
- Pflichtgefühle plural
- Pflichtgefühlen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflichtgefühl?
- [ˈp͡flɪçtɡəˌfyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pflichtgefühl in German?
Pflichtgefühl 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).