gerechtfertigt
German, adjective/ɡəˈʁɛçtˌfɛʁtɪçt/
gerechtfertigt is spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T-F-E-R-T-I-G-T (14 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerechtfertigt is a German adjective meaning “justified” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich als richtig erweisend, stimmend”.
What does gerechtfertigt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
justified
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich als richtig erweisend, stimmend 2. für etwas eine Rechtfertigung habend, angebracht, vertretbar
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 gerechtfertigt
- gerechtfertigter masculine nominative singular
- am gerechtfertigtsten superlative
- am gerechtfertigtesten rare superlative
- gerechtfertigte feminine nominative singular
- gerechtfertigtes neuter nominative singular
- gerechtfertigten genitive masculine singular
- gerechtfertigtem dative masculine singular
- der gerechtfertigte definite includes-article masculine
- die gerechtfertigte definite feminine includes-article
- das gerechtfertigte definite includes-article neuter
- die gerechtfertigten definite includes-article nominative
- des gerechtfertigten definite genitive includes-article
- der gerechtfertigten definite feminine genitive
- dem gerechtfertigten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gerechtfertigt?
- /ɡəˈʁɛçtˌfɛʁtɪçt/
- /-ˌfɛʁtɪkt/
- [ɡəˈʁɛçtˌfɛʁtɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gerechtfertigt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gerechtfertigt in German?
gerechtfertigt appears 9.1 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).