Reichsacht
German, noun/ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌʔaxt/
Reichsacht is spelled R-E-I-C-H-S-A-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reichsacht is a German feminine noun meaning “Imperial ban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom König oder Kaiser verhängte Strafe, die dem Schuldigen die Rechtsfähigkeit entzog und die für das ganze…”.
What does Reichsacht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineImperial ban
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vom König oder Kaiser verhängte Strafe, die dem Schuldigen die Rechtsfähigkeit entzog und die für das ganze Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation galt
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 Reichsacht?
- /ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌʔaxt/
- [ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌʔaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Reichsacht in German?
Reichsacht appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).