Sorgfalt
German, noun/ˈzɔʁkfalt/
Sorgfalt is spelled S-O-R-G-F-A-L-T (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorgfalt is a German feminine noun meaning “carefulness, care, diligence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gewissenhaftes, wohldurchdachtes Vorgehen”.
What does Sorgfalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarefulness, care, diligence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gewissenhaftes, wohldurchdachtes Vorgehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Sorgfalt?
- /ˈzɔʁkfalt/
- [ˈzɔʁkfalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sorgfalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sorgfalt in German?
Sorgfalt appears 4.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).