pflichtschuldig
German, adjective/ˈpflɪçtˌʃʊldɪç/
pflichtschuldig is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-S-C-H-U-L-D-I-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtschuldig is a German adjective meaning “dutiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Anstand gebietend”.
What does pflichtschuldig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dutiful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem Anstand gebietend
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 pflichtschuldig
- pflichtschuldiger masculine nominative singular
- am pflichtschuldigsten superlative
- pflichtschuldige feminine nominative singular
- pflichtschuldiges neuter nominative singular
- pflichtschuldigen genitive masculine singular
- pflichtschuldigem dative masculine singular
- der pflichtschuldige definite includes-article masculine
- die pflichtschuldige definite feminine includes-article
- das pflichtschuldige definite includes-article neuter
- die pflichtschuldigen definite includes-article nominative
- des pflichtschuldigen definite genitive includes-article
- der pflichtschuldigen definite feminine genitive
- dem pflichtschuldigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pflichtschuldig?
- /ˈpflɪçtˌʃʊldɪç/
- [ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃʊldɪç]
- [ˈp͡flɪçtˌʃʊldɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pflichtschuldig in German?
pflichtschuldig appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).