Richtblock
German, noun[ˈʁɪçtˌblɔk]
Richtblock is spelled R-I-C-H-T-B-L-O-C-K (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Richtblock is a German masculine noun meaning “a block on which body parts, especially the head, are chopped off as part of (judicial) punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Holzblock, auf dem zum Tode Verurteilte (mit dem Richtbeil, Richtschwert) enthauptet werden”.
What does Richtblock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea block on which body parts, especially the head, are chopped off as part of (judicial) punishment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Holzblock, auf dem zum Tode Verurteilte (mit dem Richtbeil, Richtschwert) enthauptet werden
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 Richtblock
- Richtblocks genitive
- Richtblockes genitive
- Richtblöcke plural
- Richtblocke dative singular
- Richtblöcken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Richtblock?
- [ˈʁɪçtˌblɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Richtblock in German?
Richtblock appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).