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Respekt

German, noun/ʁəˈspɛkt/

Respekt is spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T (7 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respekt is a German masculine noun meaning “respect, regard, reverence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Achtung und Wertschätzung gegenüber jemandem/etwas; meist bezogen auf eine andere Person, aber auch Tiere…”.

What does Respekt mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerespect, regard, reverence

interjection

  1. 1

    Used to express appreciation; hats off, kudos

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Achtung und Wertschätzung gegenüber jemandem/etwas; meist bezogen auf eine andere Person, aber auch Tiere, Gruppen, Institutionen, Länder, Kulturen und Weltanschauungen 2. Scheu, Angst gegenüber etwas/jemandem, welche meist in dessen Nicht-Unterlegenheit (in einer gewissen Hinsicht) begründet liegt

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 Respekt

  • Respektes genitive
  • Respekts genitive
  • Respekte dative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Respekt?

  • /ʁəˈspɛkt/
  • [ʁeˈspɛkt]
  • [ʁɛsˈpɛkt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Respekt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Respekt in German?

Respekt appears 42 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).

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