legal
German, adjective[leːˈɡaːl]
legal is spelled L-E-G-A-L (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legal is a German adjective meaning “legal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Legalität betreffend; vom Gesetz erlaubt, dem Gesetze entsprechend”.
What does legal mean in English?
adjective
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legal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Legalität betreffend; vom Gesetz erlaubt, dem Gesetze entsprechend
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 legal
- legaler masculine nominative singular
- legale feminine nominative singular
- legales neuter nominative singular
- legalen genitive masculine singular
- legalem dative masculine singular
- der legale definite includes-article masculine
- die legale definite feminine includes-article
- das legale definite includes-article neuter
- die legalen definite includes-article nominative
- des legalen definite genitive includes-article
- der legalen definite feminine genitive
- dem legalen dative definite includes-article
- den legalen dative definite includes-article
- leg. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legal?
- [leːˈɡaːl]
- [leˈɡaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legal in German?
legal appears 11 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).