illegal
German, adjective/ˈɪleɡaːl/
illegal is spelled I-L-L-E-G-A-L (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illegal is a German adjective meaning “illegal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend, ohne behördliche Genehmigung, ungesetzlich, gesetzwidrig”.
What does illegal mean in English?
adjective
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illegal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gegen ein Gesetz verstoßend, ohne behördliche Genehmigung, ungesetzlich, gesetzwidrig
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 illegal
- illegaler masculine nominative singular
- illegale feminine nominative singular
- illegales neuter nominative singular
- illegalen genitive masculine singular
- illegalem dative masculine singular
- der illegale definite includes-article masculine
- die illegale definite feminine includes-article
- das illegale definite includes-article neuter
- die illegalen definite includes-article nominative
- des illegalen definite genitive includes-article
- der illegalen definite feminine genitive
- dem illegalen dative definite includes-article
- den illegalen dative definite includes-article
- am illegalsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce illegal?
- /ˈɪleɡaːl/
- [ˈɪleɡaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illegal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illegal in German?
illegal appears 13 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).