Gesetzeskommentar
German, noun/ɡəˈzɛt͡səskɔmɛnˌtaːɐ̯/
Gesetzeskommentar is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-E-S-K-O-M-M-E-N-T-A-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesetzeskommentar is a German masculine noun meaning “legal commentary (a commentary on the law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die juristische Erläuterung der Paragraphen oder Artikel eines oder mehrerer Gesetze zur Verwendung in Praxis…”.
What does Gesetzeskommentar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegal commentary (a commentary on the law)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die juristische Erläuterung der Paragraphen oder Artikel eines oder mehrerer Gesetze zur Verwendung in Praxis oder Studium
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 Gesetzeskommentar
- Gesetzeskommentares genitive
- Gesetzeskommentars genitive
- Gesetzeskommentare plural
- Gesetzeskommentaren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gesetzeskommentar?
- /ɡəˈzɛt͡səskɔmɛnˌtaːɐ̯/
- [ɡəˈzɛt͡səskɔmɛnˌtaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gesetzeskommentar in German?
Gesetzeskommentar appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).