Wahlpflichtfach
German, noun[ˈvaːlˌp͡flɪçtfax]
Wahlpflichtfach is spelled W-A-H-L-P-F-L-I-C-H-T-F-A-C-H (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wahlpflichtfach is a German neuter noun meaning “compulsory elective subject chosen from a set list” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Schulfach, vor dessen Belegung man sich zwischen mehreren Alternativen entscheiden kann, von denen aber…”.
What does Wahlpflichtfach mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercompulsory elective subject chosen from a set list
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Schulfach, vor dessen Belegung man sich zwischen mehreren Alternativen entscheiden kann, von denen aber (mindestens) eines belegt werden muss
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 Wahlpflichtfach
- Wahlpflichtfaches genitive
- Wahlpflichtfachs genitive
- Wahlpflichtfächer plural
- WPF abbreviation
- Wahlpflichtfächern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wahlpflichtfach?
- [ˈvaːlˌp͡flɪçtfax]
- [ˌvaːlˈp͡flɪçtfax]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wahlpflichtfach in German?
Wahlpflichtfach appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).