Pflicht
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /p͡flɪçt/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /flɪçt/ (northern and central Germany)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪçt
- Homophone: flicht (regional)
Noun
editPflicht f (genitive Pflicht, plural Pflichten)
Declension
editDeclension of Pflicht [feminine]
Hyponyms
editDerived terms
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Verbs
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editFurther reading
edit- “Pflicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Pflicht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Pflicht” in Duden online
- Pflicht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Pflicht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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