Schwurgericht
German, noun/ˈʃvuːʁɡəˌʁɪçt/
Schwurgericht is spelled S-C-H-W-U-R-G-E-R-I-C-H-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwurgericht is a German neuter noun meaning “a criminal court made up of professional judges and lay judges (in Germany, three professional and two lay judges, so-called Schöffen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gericht mit Richtern und Geschworenen für besonders schwere Kriminalität (Mord, Totschlag, …)”.
What does Schwurgericht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera criminal court made up of professional judges and lay judges (in Germany, three professional and two lay judges, so-called Schöffen)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gericht mit Richtern und Geschworenen für besonders schwere Kriminalität (Mord, Totschlag, …)
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 Schwurgericht
- Schwurgerichtes genitive
- Schwurgerichts genitive
- Schwurgerichte plural
- Schwurgerichten dative definite plural
- SchwG abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwurgericht?
- /ˈʃvuːʁɡəˌʁɪçt/
- [ˈʃʋu(ː)ɐ̯.ɡəˌʁɪçt]
- [ˈʃvuːɐ̯ɡəˌʁɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwurgericht in German?
Schwurgericht appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).