rechtschaffener
German, adjective[ˈʁɛçtˌʃafənɐ]
rechtschaffener is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtschaffener is a German masculine adjective meaning “comparative degree of rechtschaffen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rechtschaffener mean in English?
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of rechtschaffen
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rechtschaffene Person
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 rechtschaffener
- Rechtschaffene feminine
- Rechtschaffenen genitive singular
- Rechtschaffenem dative singular
- der Rechtschaffene nominative singular
- die Rechtschaffenen nominative plural
- des Rechtschaffenen genitive singular
- der Rechtschaffenen genitive plural
- dem Rechtschaffenen dative singular
- den Rechtschaffenen dative plural
- ein Rechtschaffener nominative singular
- keine Rechtschaffenen nominative plural
- eines Rechtschaffenen genitive singular
- keiner Rechtschaffenen genitive plural
- einem Rechtschaffenen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rechtschaffener?
- [ˈʁɛçtˌʃafənɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rechtschaffener in German?
rechtschaffener appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).