Pflichtteil
German, noun/ˈp͡flɪç(t)ˌtaɪ̯l/
Pflichtteil is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-T-E-I-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtteil is a German masculine noun meaning “legitime: portion of an estate that a forced heir (such as a child or spouse) minimally receives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil der Erbschaft in Höhe der Hälfte des Wertes des gesetzlichen Erbteils, den ein Abkömmling des Erblassers…”.
What does Pflichtteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterlegitime: portion of an estate that a forced heir (such as a child or spouse) minimally receives
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil der Erbschaft in Höhe der Hälfte des Wertes des gesetzlichen Erbteils, den ein Abkömmling des Erblassers verlangen kann, wenn er durch Verfügung von Todes wegen von der Erbfolge ausgeschlossen ist (§ 2303 I BGB)
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 Pflichtteil
- Pflichtteils genitive
- Pflichtteiles genitive
- Pflichtteile plural
- Pflichtteilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pflichtteil?
- /ˈp͡flɪç(t)ˌtaɪ̯l/
- [ˈfl-]
- [ˈp͡flɪçtˌtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pflichtteil in German?
Pflichtteil 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).