Rechtsmedizin
German, noun/ˈʁɛçt͡smediˌt͡siːn/
Rechtsmedizin is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-M-E-D-I-Z-I-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtsmedizin is a German feminine noun meaning “forensic medicine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teilgebiet der Medizin, das sich mit medizinischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Fragen für die Rechtspflege…”.
What does Rechtsmedizin mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforensic medicine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teilgebiet der Medizin, das sich mit medizinischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Fragen für die Rechtspflege beschäftigt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Rechtsmedizin?
- /ˈʁɛçt͡smediˌt͡siːn/
- [ˈʁɛçt͡smediˌt͡siːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rechtsmedizin in German?
Rechtsmedizin appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).