Gnadenakt
German, noun/ˈɡnaːdn̩ˌʔakt/
Gnadenakt is spelled G-N-A-D-E-N-A-K-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnadenakt is a German masculine noun meaning “act of mercy or clemency, often used in legal or state contexts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Gnadenakt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineact of mercy or clemency, often used in legal or state contexts.
Der Präsident gewährte dem Häftling einen Gnadenakt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Gnadenakt
- Gnadenakts genitive
- Gnadenakte plural
- Gnadenakten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gnadenakt?
- /ˈɡnaːdn̩ˌʔakt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gnadenakt in German?
Gnadenakt appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).