legitim
German, adjective/leɡiˈtiːm/
legitim is spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legitim is a German adjective meaning “legitimate, justified by law, morals or custom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “allgemein anerkannt, unbestritten, berechtigt”.
What does legitim mean in English?
adjective
- 1
legitimate, justified by law, morals or custom
- 2
legitimate, i.e. marital
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. allgemein anerkannt, unbestritten, berechtigt 2. ehelich
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 legitim
- legitimer masculine nominative singular
- am legitimsten superlative
- legitime feminine nominative singular
- legitimes neuter nominative singular
- legitimen genitive masculine singular
- legitimem dative masculine singular
- der legitime definite includes-article masculine
- die legitime definite feminine includes-article
- das legitime definite includes-article neuter
- die legitimen definite includes-article nominative
- des legitimen definite genitive includes-article
- der legitimen definite feminine genitive
- dem legitimen 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 legitim?
- /leɡiˈtiːm/
- [leɡiˈtiːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to legitim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legitim in German?
legitim appears 3.7 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).