rechtschaffen
German, adjective[ˈʁɛçtˌʃafn̩]
rechtschaffen is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtschaffen is a German adjective meaning “righteous, virtuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anständig, ehrlich”.
What does rechtschaffen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
righteous, virtuous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anständig, ehrlich
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 rechtschaffen
- rechtschaffener masculine nominative singular
- am rechtschaffensten superlative
- rechtschaffene feminine nominative singular
- rechtschaffenes neuter nominative singular
- rechtschaffenen genitive masculine singular
- rechtschaffenem dative masculine singular
- der rechtschaffene definite includes-article masculine
- die rechtschaffene definite feminine includes-article
- das rechtschaffene definite includes-article neuter
- die rechtschaffenen definite includes-article nominative
- des rechtschaffenen definite genitive includes-article
- der rechtschaffenen definite feminine genitive
- dem rechtschaffenen dative definite includes-article
- rechtschaffner comparative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rechtschaffen?
- [ˈʁɛçtˌʃafn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rechtschaffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rechtschaffen in German?
rechtschaffen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).