gerecht
German, adjective/ɡəˈʁɛçt/
gerecht is spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerecht is a German adjective meaning “just, fair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of rechen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “übereinstimmend mit objektiven Rechtsnormen oder subjektivem Rechtsempfinden”.
What does gerecht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
just, fair
verb
- 1
past participle of rechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. übereinstimmend mit objektiven Rechtsnormen oder subjektivem Rechtsempfinden 2. allgemeinen, sachlichen Normen entsprechend
suffix: 1. dem vorangehenden Wortteil bezeichneten Gegenständen und ihren Eigenschaften gerecht werdend, die durch den vorangehenden Wortteil bezeichnete Bedingung erfüllend
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 gerecht
- gerechter masculine nominative singular
- am gerechtesten superlative
- gerechte feminine nominative singular
- gerechtes neuter nominative singular
- gerechten genitive masculine singular
- gerechtem dative masculine singular
- der gerechte definite includes-article masculine
- die gerechte definite feminine includes-article
- das gerechte definite includes-article neuter
- die gerechten definite includes-article nominative
- des gerechten definite genitive includes-article
- der gerechten definite feminine genitive
- dem gerechten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerecht?
- /ɡəˈʁɛçt/
- [ɡəˈʁɛçt]
- [ɡəˌʁɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerecht in German?
gerecht appears 23 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).