Gottesgnadentum
German, noun[ˌɡɔtəsˈɡnaːdn̩tuːm]
Gottesgnadentum is spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-G-N-A-D-E-N-T-U-M (15 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gottesgnadentum is a German neuter noun meaning “divine right of kings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Gott gegebene Legitimität eines monarchischen Herrschers als Begründung für Herrschaftsansprüche”.
What does Gottesgnadentum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdivine right of kings
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von Gott gegebene Legitimität eines monarchischen Herrschers als Begründung für Herrschaftsansprüche
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 Gottesgnadentum
- Gottesgnadentums genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gottesgnadentum?
- [ˌɡɔtəsˈɡnaːdn̩tuːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gottesgnadentum in German?
Gottesgnadentum appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).