Wirtschaftlichkeit
German, noun[ˈvɪʁtʃaftlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Wirtschaftlichkeit is spelled W-I-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (18 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirtschaftlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “efficiency, economic efficiency, profitability, cost-effectiveness, economic viability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Prinzip, mit den vorhandenen Mitteln den größtmöglichen Ertrag zu erzielen”.
What does Wirtschaftlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineefficiency, economic efficiency, profitability, cost-effectiveness, economic viability
- 2
feminineeconomy, thrift
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prinzip, mit den vorhandenen Mitteln den größtmöglichen Ertrag zu erzielen
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 Wirtschaftlichkeit
- Wirtschaftlichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirtschaftlichkeit?
- [ˈvɪʁtʃaftlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wirtschaftlichkeit in German?
Wirtschaftlichkeit appears 3.5 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).