Pflichtlektüre
German, noun[ˈp͡flɪçtlɛkˌtyːʁə]
Pflichtlektüre is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-L-E-K-T-Ü-R-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtlektüre is a German feminine noun meaning “set book, required reading (text assigned as compulsory reading for a course)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Lektüre bestimmter Texte, die jemand unbedingt kennen muss, um das grundlegende Verständnis für ein…”.
What does Pflichtlektüre mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineset book, required reading (text assigned as compulsory reading for a course)
- 2
femininemust-read (book or other text that one is strongly recommended to read)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Lektüre bestimmter Texte, die jemand unbedingt kennen muss, um das grundlegende Verständnis für ein Fachgebiet oder Ähnliches zu erhalten 2. Werk mit wichtigen Informationen (meist in schriftlicher Form), das von [1] umfasst 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 Pflichtlektüre
- Pflichtlektüren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflichtlektüre?
- [ˈp͡flɪçtlɛkˌtyːʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pflichtlektüre in German?
Pflichtlektüre 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).