zielführend
German, adjective/ˈtsiːlˌfyːʁənt/
zielführend is spelled Z-I-E-L-F-Ü-H-R-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zielführend is a German adjective meaning “effective, expedient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Ziel führend”.
What does zielführend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
effective, expedient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zum Ziel führend
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 zielführend
- zielführender masculine nominative singular
- am zielführendsten superlative
- zielführende feminine nominative singular
- zielführendes neuter nominative singular
- zielführenden genitive masculine singular
- zielführendem dative masculine singular
- der zielführende definite includes-article masculine
- die zielführende definite feminine includes-article
- das zielführende definite includes-article neuter
- die zielführenden definite includes-article nominative
- des zielführenden definite genitive includes-article
- der zielführenden definite feminine genitive
- dem zielführenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zielführend?
- /ˈtsiːlˌfyːʁənt/
- [ˈt͡siːlˌfyːʁənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zielführend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zielführend in German?
zielführend appears 1.6 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).