Ritterstand
German, noun[ˈʁɪtɐˌʃtant]
Ritterstand is spelled R-I-T-T-E-R-S-T-A-N-D (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ritterstand is a German masculine noun meaning “knighthood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesellschaftliche Stellung eines ernannten Ritters als Angehöriger des Feudaladels”.
What does Ritterstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknighthood
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesellschaftliche Stellung eines ernannten Ritters als Angehöriger des Feudaladels 2. Gesamtheit der Personen, die der feudalen Gesellschaftsschicht der adligen Ritter angehören
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 Ritterstand
- Ritterstandes genitive
- Ritterstands genitive
- Ritterstände plural
- Ritterstande dative singular
- Ritterständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ritterstand?
- [ˈʁɪtɐˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ritterstand in German?
Ritterstand appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).