Gewalt
German, noun/ɡəˈvalt/
Gewalt is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T (6 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewalt is a German feminine noun meaning “strong or violent force” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erhebliche oder übermäßige Kraft, dies bei gezieltem Tun gegen Widerstände, oft ohne Legitimation”.
What does Gewalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestrong or violent force
Naturgewalt
- 2
feminineviolence
häusliche Gewalt
- 3
femininephysical control or power
die Gewalt über die Geiseln
- 4
feminineauthority; legally established control or power
Staatsgewalt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erhebliche oder übermäßige Kraft, dies bei gezieltem Tun gegen Widerstände, oft ohne Legitimation 2. Fähigkeit oder Möglichkeit, über jemanden zu bestimmen 3. ein unpersönliches Wirken mit erheblicher Kraft
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 Gewalt
- Gewalten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gewalt?
- /ɡəˈvalt/
- [ɡəˈvalt]
- [-ˈʋalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gewalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gewalt in German?
Gewalt appears 79 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).