Knebelvertrag
German, noun/ˈkneːbəlfərˌtraːk/
Knebelvertrag is spelled K-N-E-B-E-L-V-E-R-T-R-A-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knebelvertrag is a German masculine noun meaning “A contract that is very exploitative to one party and that is difficult or costly to terminate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertrag, der für einen Vertragspartner sehr nachteilig ist”.
What does Knebelvertrag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA contract that is very exploitative to one party and that is difficult or costly to terminate.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertrag, der für einen Vertragspartner sehr nachteilig 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 Knebelvertrag
- Knebelvertrages genitive
- Knebelvertrags genitive
- Knebelverträge plural
- Knebelvertrage dative singular
- Knebelverträgen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knebelvertrag?
- /ˈkneːbəlfərˌtraːk/
- [ˈkneː.bl̩.fɐˌtʁaːk]
- [-bəl-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Knebelvertrag in German?
Knebelvertrag appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).