Gewalttäter
German, noun/ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɐ/
Gewalttäter is spelled G-E-W-A-L-T-T-Ä-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewalttäter is a German masculine noun meaning “violent criminal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Täter, der Gewalt anwendet oder angewendet hat; jemand, der eine Gewalttat begeht”.
What does Gewalttäter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineviolent criminal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Täter, der Gewalt anwendet oder angewendet hat; jemand, der eine Gewalttat begeht
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 Gewalttäter
- Gewalttäters genitive
- Gewalttäterin feminine
- Gewalttätern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gewalttäter?
- /ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɐ/
- /-ˌteːtɐ/
- [ɡəˈvaltˌtɛːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gewalttäter in German?
Gewalttäter appears 1.3 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).