pflichtvergessen
German, adjective/ˈpflɪçtfɛɐ̯ˌɡɛsn̩/
pflichtvergessen is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-V-E-R-G-E-S-S-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtvergessen is a German adjective meaning “neglectful, negligent, irresponsible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in tadelnswerter Weise seinen Pflichten nicht nachkommend, diese vernachlässigend”.
What does pflichtvergessen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
neglectful, negligent, irresponsible
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in tadelnswerter Weise seinen Pflichten nicht nachkommend, diese vernachlässigend
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 pflichtvergessen
- pflichtvergessener masculine nominative singular
- am pflichtvergessensten superlative
- pflichtvergessene feminine nominative singular
- pflichtvergessenes neuter nominative singular
- pflichtvergessenen genitive masculine singular
- pflichtvergessenem dative masculine singular
- der pflichtvergessene definite includes-article masculine
- die pflichtvergessene definite feminine includes-article
- das pflichtvergessene definite includes-article neuter
- die pflichtvergessenen definite includes-article nominative
- des pflichtvergessenen definite genitive includes-article
- der pflichtvergessenen definite feminine genitive
- dem pflichtvergessenen dative definite includes-article
- pflichtvergessner comparative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pflichtvergessen?
- /ˈpflɪçtfɛɐ̯ˌɡɛsn̩/
- [ˈp͡flɪçtfɛɐ̯ˌɡɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pflichtvergessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pflichtvergessen in German?
pflichtvergessen appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).