Rechtsanwalt
German, noun/ˈʁɛçt͡sʔanˌvalt/
Rechtsanwalt is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-A-N-W-A-L-T (12 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtsanwalt is a German masculine noun meaning “lawyer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “staatlich geprüfter und zur Rechtsberatung zugelassener Jurist, der freiberuflich tätig ist und der seine…”.
What does Rechtsanwalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. staatlich geprüfter und zur Rechtsberatung zugelassener Jurist, der freiberuflich tätig ist und der seine Auftraggeber bei Gericht sowie außergerichtlich vertritt
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 Rechtsanwalt
- Rechtsanwaltes genitive
- Rechtsanwalts genitive
- Rechtsanwälte plural
- Rechtsanwältin feminine
- Rechtsanwalte dative singular
- Rechtsanwälten dative definite plural
- RA abbreviation
- RAe abbreviation plural
- RÄ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rechtsanwalt?
- /ˈʁɛçt͡sʔanˌvalt/
- [ˈʁɛçt͡sʔanˌvalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rechtsanwalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rechtsanwalt in German?
Rechtsanwalt appears 14 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).