German

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Etymology

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From Old High German pfliht, from Proto-West Germanic *plihti. Cognate with English plight, Scots plicht (responsibility, plight), Dutch plicht, Low German plicht (duty), Danish pligt (duty), Yiddish פֿליכט (flikht).

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Noun

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Pflicht f (genitive Pflicht, plural Pflichten)

  1. duty

Declension

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