gesetzlich
German, adjective/ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç/
gesetzlich is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesetzlich is a German adjective meaning “lawful, legal, legitimate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesetzmäßig, dem Gesetz nach”.
What does gesetzlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lawful, legal, legitimate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gesetzmäßig, dem Gesetz nach
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 gesetzlich
- gesetzlicher masculine nominative singular
- gesetzliche feminine nominative singular
- gesetzliches neuter nominative singular
- gesetzlichen genitive masculine singular
- gesetzlichem dative masculine singular
- der gesetzliche definite includes-article masculine
- die gesetzliche definite feminine includes-article
- das gesetzliche definite includes-article neuter
- die gesetzlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des gesetzlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der gesetzlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem gesetzlichen dative definite includes-article
- den gesetzlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gesetzlich?
- /ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç/
- [ɡəˈzɛt͡slɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gesetzlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gesetzlich in German?
gesetzlich appears 13 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).