Rechenschaft
German, noun/ˈrɛçənʃaft/
Rechenschaft is spelled R-E-C-H-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “account, accountability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Auskunft über bestimmte Gründe, Handlungen, Umstände oder Verhalten, insbesondere zu gesetzlichen Pflichten…”.
What does Rechenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccount, accountability
Rechenschaft für etwas ablegen
- 2
femininereckoning
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Auskunft über bestimmte Gründe, Handlungen, Umstände oder Verhalten, insbesondere zu gesetzlichen Pflichten (beispielsweise vor Gericht oder in Jahresabschlüssen) oder für übernommene Aufgaben
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 Rechenschaft
- Rechenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rechenschaft?
- /ˈrɛçənʃaft/
- [ˈʁɛçn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rechenschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rechenschaft in German?
Rechenschaft appears 4.0 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).