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Kadi

German, noun/ˈkaːdi/

Kadi is spelled K-A-D-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kadi is a German masculine noun meaning “qadi (judge in Islamic law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten”.

What does Kadi mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineqadi (judge in Islamic law)

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculineany judge or court

    jemanden vor den Kadi zerren

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Bezeichnung für einen Richter in einigen arabischen Staaten 2. allgemein, Person oder Einrichtung, welche für die Rechtssprechung zuständig ist

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 Kadi

  • Kadis genitive
  • Qadi alternative
  • Qādī alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kadi?

  • /ˈkaːdi/
  • [ˈkaːdi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Kadi

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kadi in German?

Kadi appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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