tüchtig
German, adjective[ˈtʏç.tɪç]
tüchtig is spelled T-Ü-C-H-T-I-G (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tüchtig is a German adjective meaning “able, competent, hard-working (of a worker, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu etwas geeignet, in der Lage”.
What does tüchtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
able, competent, hard-working (of a worker, etc.)
- 2
colloquialbig, significant, proper
- 3
datedgood, well-done, well-made
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu etwas geeignet, in der Lage 2. in reichlichem Maß 3. sehr gut
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 tüchtig
- tüchtiger masculine nominative singular
- am tüchtigsten superlative
- tüchtige feminine nominative singular
- tüchtiges neuter nominative singular
- tüchtigen genitive masculine singular
- tüchtigem dative masculine singular
- der tüchtige definite includes-article masculine
- die tüchtige definite feminine includes-article
- das tüchtige definite includes-article neuter
- die tüchtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des tüchtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der tüchtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem tüchtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tüchtig?
- [ˈtʏç.tɪç]
- [ˈtʏçtɪç]
- [ˈtʏçtɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tüchtig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tüchtig in German?
tüchtig appears 1.5 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).