anfällige
Anfällig is a German adjective meaning prone to, susceptible, or vulnerable. The form anfällige is one of its inflected endings and can appear in several grammatical roles: as an attributive adjective before a feminine singular noun (die anfällige Frau), before plural nouns (die anfälligen Personen), or in other gender/number contexts with appropriate endings. The word is commonly used to describe people, objects, systems, or conditions that are easily affected by a factor such as disease, damage, or failure.
Anfällig is typically followed by the preposition für plus a noun in the accusative: anfällig für Grippe,
In some contexts, especially in sociological or policy discussions, the adjective can be nominalized as Anfällige,
- Der Patient ist anfällig für Infektionen.
- Diese Materialien sind anfällig für Korrosion.
- Sie ist allgemein anfällig für Erkältungen.
Anfällig derives from the prefix an- plus a stem related to “fallen” in older senses of vulnerability;