Delinquent
German, noun/delɪŋˈkvɛnt/
Delinquent is spelled D-E-L-I-N-Q-U-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delinquent is a German masculine noun meaning “delinquent (one who breaks the law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausführender eines Delikts; jemand, der ein Delikt (Straftat) begangen hat”.
What does Delinquent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelinquent (one who breaks the law)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausführender eines Delikts; jemand, der ein Delikt (Straftat) begangen hat
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 Delinquent
- Delinquenten genitive
- Delinquentin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Delinquent?
- /delɪŋˈkvɛnt/
- [delɪŋˈkvɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Delinquent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Delinquent in German?
Delinquent appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).