Gesetzwidrigkeit
German, noun/ɡəˈzɛt͡sˌviːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
Gesetzwidrigkeit is spelled G-E-S-E-T-Z-W-I-D-R-I-G-K-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gesetzwidrigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “unlawfulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, was gegen das Gesetz verstößt”.
What does Gesetzwidrigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineunlawfulness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, was gegen das Gesetz verstößt
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 Gesetzwidrigkeit
- Gesetzwidrigkeiten plural
- Gesetzeswidrigkeit alternative uncommon
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gesetzwidrigkeit?
- /ɡəˈzɛt͡sˌviːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [ɡəˈzɛt͡sˌviːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ɡəˈzɛt͡sˌviːdʁɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gesetzwidrigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gesetzwidrigkeit in German?
Gesetzwidrigkeit appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).