zwangsläufig
German, adjective/ˈt͡svaŋsˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
zwangsläufig is spelled Z-W-A-N-G-S-L-Ä-U-F-I-G (12 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwangsläufig is a German adjective meaning “compulsory, inevitable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwingend eintretend und unmöglich, vermieden zu werden”.
What does zwangsläufig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
compulsory, inevitable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zwingend eintretend und unmöglich, vermieden zu werden
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 zwangsläufig
- zwangsläufiger masculine nominative singular
- zwangsläufige feminine nominative singular
- zwangsläufiges neuter nominative singular
- zwangsläufigen genitive masculine singular
- zwangsläufigem dative masculine singular
- der zwangsläufige definite includes-article masculine
- die zwangsläufige definite feminine includes-article
- das zwangsläufige definite includes-article neuter
- die zwangsläufigen definite includes-article nominative
- des zwangsläufigen definite genitive includes-article
- der zwangsläufigen definite feminine genitive
- dem zwangsläufigen dative definite includes-article
- den zwangsläufigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zwangsläufig?
- /ˈt͡svaŋsˌlɔɪ̯fɪç/
- /-ˌlɔɪ̯fɪk/
- [ˈt͡svaŋsˌlɔɪ̯fɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zwangsläufig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwangsläufig in German?
zwangsläufig appears 8.5 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).