Zweckdienlichkeit
German, noun/ˈt͡svɛkˌdiːnlɪçkaɪ̯t/
Zweckdienlichkeit is spelled Z-W-E-C-K-D-I-E-N-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zweckdienlichkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “expediency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, für die Erreichung eines angestrebten Ergebnisses oder Hervorbringung einer gewünschten Wirkung…”.
What does Zweckdienlichkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexpediency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, für die Erreichung eines angestrebten Ergebnisses oder Hervorbringung einer gewünschten Wirkung zweckdienlich zu sein
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 Zweckdienlichkeit
- Zweckdienlichkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zweckdienlichkeit?
- /ˈt͡svɛkˌdiːnlɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ˈt͡svɛkdiːnlɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zweckdienlichkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zweckdienlichkeit in German?
Zweckdienlichkeit appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).