pflichtig
German, adjective/ˈp͡flɪçtɪç/
pflichtig is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtig is a German adjective meaning “liable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pflichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
liable
- 2
obligatory, binding
suffix
- 1
compulsory, obligatory
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement zur Bildung von Adjektiven, drückt aus, dass eine Person oder Sache zu etwas (was im Substantiv oder Verbstamm genannt wird) verpflichtet ist
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 pflichtig
- pflichtiger masculine nominative singular
- pflichtige feminine nominative singular
- pflichtiges neuter nominative singular
- pflichtigen genitive masculine singular
- pflichtigem dative masculine singular
- der pflichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die pflichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das pflichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die pflichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des pflichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der pflichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem pflichtigen dative definite includes-article
- den pflichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pflichtig?
- /ˈp͡flɪçtɪç/
- /ˈp͡flɪçtɪk/
- [p͡flɪçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pflichtig in German?
pflichtig appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).