Ritterschlag
German, noun/ˈʁɪtɐˌʃlaːk/
Ritterschlag is spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ritterschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “accolade, knightly accolade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “symbolische Handlung, bei der der zukünftige Ritter mit einem Schwert berührt und damit eigentlich zum Ritter…”.
What does Ritterschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaccolade, knightly accolade
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. symbolische Handlung, bei der der zukünftige Ritter mit einem Schwert berührt und damit eigentlich zum Ritter gemacht wird
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 Ritterschlag
- Ritterschlages genitive
- Ritterschlags genitive
- Ritterschläge plural
- Ritterschlage dative singular
- Ritterschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ritterschlag?
- /ˈʁɪtɐˌʃlaːk/
- [ˈʁɪtɐˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ritterschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ritterschlag in German?
Ritterschlag appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).