schulpflichtig
German, adjective/ˈʃuːlpflɪçtɪç/
schulpflichtig is spelled S-C-H-U-L-P-F-L-I-C-H-T-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schulpflichtig is a German adjective meaning “required to attend school (in particular, being of the age where it is obligatory by law to attend school)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(gemäß dem Gesetz) zum Schulbesuch verpflichtet”.
What does schulpflichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
required to attend school (in particular, being of the age where it is obligatory by law to attend school)
ein schulpflichtiges Kind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (gemäß dem Gesetz) zum Schulbesuch verpflichtet
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 schulpflichtig
- schulpflichtiger masculine nominative singular
- schulpflichtige feminine nominative singular
- schulpflichtiges neuter nominative singular
- schulpflichtigen genitive masculine singular
- schulpflichtigem dative masculine singular
- der schulpflichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die schulpflichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das schulpflichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die schulpflichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schulpflichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schulpflichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schulpflichtigen dative definite includes-article
- den schulpflichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schulpflichtig?
- /ˈʃuːlpflɪçtɪç/
- [ˈʃuːlˌp͡flɪçtɪç]
- [ˈʃuːlˌp͡flɪçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schulpflichtig in German?
schulpflichtig 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).