Pflicht

German

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p͡flɪçt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /flɪçt/ (northern and central Germany)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪçt
  • Homophone: flicht (regional)

Noun

Pflicht f (genitive Pflicht, plural Pflichten)

  1. duty

Declension

Declension of Pflicht [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pflicht die Pflichten
genitive einer der Pflicht der Pflichten
dative einer der Pflicht den Pflichten
accusative eine die Pflicht die Pflichten

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Descendants

  • → Luxembourgish: Flicht, Pflicht
  • → Plautdietsch: Flicht
  • → Saterland Frisian: Flicht

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