Sachwalter
German, noun[ˈzaxˌvaltɐ]
Sachwalter is spelled S-A-C-H-W-A-L-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sachwalter is a German masculine noun meaning “advocate, custodian, administrator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bis zum 30.06.2018 gesetzlicher Vertreter einer erwachsenen Person in klar definierten Bereichen”.
What does Sachwalter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadvocate, custodian, administrator
ein gerichtlich eingesetzter Sachwalter
- 2
Austriamasculineguardian, custodian (a person legally responsible for an incompetent person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bis zum 30.06.2018 gesetzlicher Vertreter einer erwachsenen Person in klar definierten Bereichen
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 Sachwalter
- Sachwalters genitive
- Sachwalterin feminine
- Sachwaltern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sachwalter?
- Germany [ˈzaxˌvaltɐ]
- Austria [ˈsaxˌvaltɐ]
- [ˈzaxˌvaltɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sachwalter in German?
Sachwalter 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).