Wohlfahrtsstaat
German, noun[ˈvoːlfaːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtaːt]
Wohlfahrtsstaat is spelled W-O-H-L-F-A-H-R-T-S-S-T-A-A-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlfahrtsstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “welfare state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Staat, der die soziale Sicherung und die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe seiner Bürger weitgehend sicherstellt”.
What does Wohlfahrtsstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewelfare state
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Staat, der die soziale Sicherung und die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe seiner Bürger weitgehend sicherstellt
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 Wohlfahrtsstaat
- Wohlfahrtsstaates genitive
- Wohlfahrtsstaats genitive
- Wohlfahrtsstaaten plural
- Wohlfahrtsstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wohlfahrtsstaat?
- [ˈvoːlfaːɐ̯t͡sˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wohlfahrtsstaat in German?
Wohlfahrtsstaat appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).