zuständig
German, adjective/ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪç/
zuständig is a German adjective meaning “competent, cognizant (having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verantwortlich für etwas”.
What does zuständig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
competent, cognizant (having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question)
- 2
responsible, in charge (having the responsibility of leading or overseeing)
- 3
in charge, entrusted, authorized (having been entrusted or authorized to do a certain task)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. verantwortlich für etwas
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 zuständig
- zuständiger masculine nominative singular
- zuständige feminine nominative singular
- zuständiges neuter nominative singular
- zuständigen genitive masculine singular
- zuständigem dative masculine singular
- der zuständige definite includes-article masculine
- die zuständige definite feminine includes-article
- das zuständige definite includes-article neuter
- die zuständigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zuständigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zuständigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zuständigen dative definite includes-article
- den zuständigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuständig?
- /ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪç/
- /ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪk/
- [ˈt͡suːˌʃtɛndɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuständig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuständig in German?
zuständig appears 28 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).