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korrekt

German, adjective/kɔˈʁɛkt/

korrekt is spelled K-O-R-R-E-K-T (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Korrekt is a German adjective meaning “correct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass etwas richtig und nicht falsch ist”.

What does korrekt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    correct

  2. 2

    accurate

  3. 3

    proper; decent

  4. 4

    great; cool

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. so, dass etwas richtig und nicht falsch ist 2. so, dass etwas den (herrschenden, geltenden) Regeln entspricht menschlich fair oder der Lage entsprechend angemessen ist 3. gut

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 korrekt

  • korrekter masculine nominative singular
  • am korrektesten superlative
  • korrekte feminine nominative singular
  • korrektes neuter nominative singular
  • korrekten genitive masculine singular
  • korrektem dative masculine singular
  • der korrekte definite includes-article masculine
  • die korrekte definite feminine includes-article
  • das korrekte definite includes-article neuter
  • die korrekten definite includes-article nominative
  • des korrekten definite genitive includes-article
  • der korrekten definite feminine genitive
  • dem korrekten dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce korrekt?

  • /kɔˈʁɛkt/
  • /ko-/
  • [kɔˈʁɛkt]

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

English words that translate to korrekt

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

How common is korrekt in German?

korrekt appears 22 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).

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