Gerichtswesen
German, noun[ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌveːzn̩]
Gerichtswesen is spelled G-E-R-I-C-H-T-S-W-E-S-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerichtswesen is a German neuter noun meaning “judiciary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller materiellen Voraussetzungen und aller Regelungen, die für die Arbeit von Gerichten nötig sind”.
What does Gerichtswesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterjudiciary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller materiellen Voraussetzungen und aller Regelungen, die für die Arbeit von Gerichten nötig sind
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 Gerichtswesen
- Gerichtswesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gerichtswesen?
- [ɡəˈʁɪçt͡sˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gerichtswesen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gerichtswesen in German?
Gerichtswesen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).