gesetzeswidrig
[ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç]
The verdict
“gesetzeswidrig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gesetzeswidrig · gesetzeswidrig · German
gesetzeswidrig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gesetzeswidrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gesetzeswidrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gesetzeswidrig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend".
No misspelling variants are generated for gesetzeswidrig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gesetzeswidrig, spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-E-S-W-I-D-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gesetzeswidrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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