Kavaliersdelikt
German, noun/kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt/
Kavaliersdelikt is spelled K-A-V-A-L-I-E-R-S-D-E-L-I-K-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kavaliersdelikt is a German neuter noun meaning “petty offense, peccadillo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine geringfügige Regelüberschreitung, die allgemein moralisch nicht beanstandet wird”.
What does Kavaliersdelikt mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialneuterpetty offense, peccadillo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine geringfügige Regelüberschreitung, die allgemein moralisch nicht beanstandet wird
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 Kavaliersdelikt
- Kavaliersdeliktes genitive
- Kavaliersdelikts genitive
- Kavaliersdelikte plural
- Kavaliersdelikten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kavaliersdelikt?
- /kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt/
- [kavaˈliːɐ̯sdeˌlɪkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kavaliersdelikt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kavaliersdelikt in German?
Kavaliersdelikt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).