pflichtwidrig
German, adjective/ˈpflɪçtˌviːdʁɪç/
pflichtwidrig is spelled P-F-L-I-C-H-T-W-I-D-R-I-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pflichtwidrig is a German adjective meaning “undutiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen die Pflicht verstoßend”.
What does pflichtwidrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
undutiful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegen die Pflicht verstoßend
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 pflichtwidrig
- pflichtwidriger masculine nominative singular
- am pflichtwidrigsten superlative
- pflichtwidrige feminine nominative singular
- pflichtwidriges neuter nominative singular
- pflichtwidrigen genitive masculine singular
- pflichtwidrigem dative masculine singular
- der pflichtwidrige definite includes-article masculine
- die pflichtwidrige definite feminine includes-article
- das pflichtwidrige definite includes-article neuter
- die pflichtwidrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des pflichtwidrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der pflichtwidrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem pflichtwidrigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pflichtwidrig?
- standard /ˈpflɪçtˌviːdʁɪç/
- /-ˌviːdʁɪk/
- [ˈp͡flɪçtˌviːdʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pflichtwidrig in German?
pflichtwidrig appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).