gesetzeswidrig
German, adjective/ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç/
gesetzeswidrig is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-E-S-W-I-D-R-I-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesetzeswidrig is a German adjective meaning “unlawful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend”.
What does gesetzeswidrig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unlawful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht konform mit den geltenden Gesetzen, gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend
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 gesetzeswidrig
- gesetzeswidriger masculine nominative singular
- am gesetzeswidrigsten superlative
- gesetzeswidrige feminine nominative singular
- gesetzeswidriges neuter nominative singular
- gesetzeswidrigen genitive masculine singular
- gesetzeswidrigem dative masculine singular
- der gesetzeswidrige definite includes-article masculine
- die gesetzeswidrige definite feminine includes-article
- das gesetzeswidrige definite includes-article neuter
- die gesetzeswidrigen definite includes-article nominative
- des gesetzeswidrigen definite genitive includes-article
- der gesetzeswidrigen definite feminine genitive
- dem gesetzeswidrigen dative definite includes-article
- gesetzwidrig variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesetzeswidrig?
- /ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç/
- /-ˌviːdʁɪk/
- [ɡəˈzɛt͡səsˌviːdʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gesetzeswidrig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gesetzeswidrig in German?
gesetzeswidrig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).