Gegenstand
German, noun[ˈɡeːɡŋ̩ʃtant]
Gegenstand is spelled G-E-G-E-N-S-T-A-N-D (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gegenstand is a German masculine noun meaning “object, item, thing, article” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “materielle Sache, die nicht allzu groß ist: Ding, Sache, Objekt”.
What does Gegenstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobject, item, thing, article
- 2
masculinesubject, topic
- 3
masculinein the technical language of civil law statutes, either a corporeal object or a subjective right
- 4
masculinemore broadly, since law of obligations lacks a numerus clausus, an object of agreement, that which is the deal
- 5
masculineobsoleteobject of a sentence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. materielle Sache, die nicht allzu groß ist: Ding, Sache, Objekt 2. abstrakte Sache, Thema, von dem die Rede ist: Thema, Problem, Stoff, Inhalt, Objekt, Sachverhalt 3. Unterrichtsfach
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 Gegenstand
- Gegenstandes genitive
- Gegenstands genitive
- Gegenstände plural
- Gegenstande dative singular
- Gegenständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gegenstand?
- [ˈɡeːɡŋ̩ʃtant]
- [ˈɡeːɡənʃtant]
- [ˈɡeːɡn̩ʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gegenstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gegenstand in German?
Gegenstand appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).