Rechtsgelehrter
German, noun/ˈʁɛçt͡sɡəˌleːɐ̯tɐ/
Rechtsgelehrter is a German masculine noun meaning “legal scholar (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Rechtsgelehrte. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die im Bereich der Rechtswissenschaften studiert hat”.
What does Rechtsgelehrter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegal scholar (male or of unspecified gender)
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die im Bereich der Rechtswissenschaften studiert hat
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 Rechtsgelehrter
- der Rechtsgelehrte definite nominative
- Rechtsgelehrten genitive
- Rechtsgelehrte plural
- die Rechtsgelehrten definite plural
- Rechtsgelehrtem dative singular strong
- des Rechtsgelehrten genitive singular
- der Rechtsgelehrten genitive plural
- dem Rechtsgelehrten dative singular
- den Rechtsgelehrten dative plural
- ein Rechtsgelehrter nominative singular
- keine Rechtsgelehrten nominative plural
- eines Rechtsgelehrten genitive singular
- keiner Rechtsgelehrten genitive plural
- einem Rechtsgelehrten dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rechtsgelehrter?
- /ˈʁɛçt͡sɡəˌleːɐ̯tɐ/
- [ˈʁɛçt͡sɡəˌleːɐ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rechtsgelehrter in German?
Rechtsgelehrter appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).