rechtsfähig
German, adjective/ˈʁɛçt͡sˌfɛːɪç/
rechtsfähig is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-F-Ä-H-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtsfähig is a German adjective meaning “lawful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Lage, Rechte und Pflichten wahrzunehmen”.
What does rechtsfähig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lawful
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Lage, Rechte und Pflichten wahrzunehmen
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 rechtsfähig
- rechtsfähiger masculine nominative singular
- rechtsfähige feminine nominative singular
- rechtsfähiges neuter nominative singular
- rechtsfähigen genitive masculine singular
- rechtsfähigem dative masculine singular
- der rechtsfähige definite includes-article masculine
- die rechtsfähige definite feminine includes-article
- das rechtsfähige definite includes-article neuter
- die rechtsfähigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rechtsfähigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rechtsfähigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rechtsfähigen dative definite includes-article
- den rechtsfähigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rechtsfähig?
- /ˈʁɛçt͡sˌfɛːɪç/
- /-ˌfeːɪç/
- /-ˌfɛːɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rechtsfähig in German?
rechtsfähig appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).