Rechtsstreit
German, noun[ˈʁɛçtsˌʃtʁaɪ̯t]
Rechtsstreit is spelled R-E-C-H-T-S-S-T-R-E-I-T (12 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rechtsstreit is a German masculine noun meaning “legal dispute, lawsuit, litigation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Verfahren, das bei einem Gericht der ordentlichen oder der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit anhängig ist…”.
What does Rechtsstreit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegal dispute, lawsuit, litigation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Verfahren, das bei einem Gericht der ordentlichen oder der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit anhängig ist; Gerichtsverfahren, Prozess, Klage
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 Rechtsstreit
- Rechtsstreites genitive
- Rechtsstreits genitive
- Rechtsstreite plural
- Rechtsstreiten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rechtsstreit?
- [ˈʁɛçtsˌʃtʁaɪ̯t]
- [ˈʁɛçt͡sˌʃtʁaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rechtsstreit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rechtsstreit in German?
Rechtsstreit appears 3.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).