Standgericht
German, noun[ˈʃtantɡəˌʁɪçt]
Standgericht is spelled S-T-A-N-D-G-E-R-I-C-H-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Standgericht is a German neuter noun meaning “an exceptional tribunal held in the field or during a state of emergency; a drumhead court-martial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “militärisches Ausnahmegericht zur schnellen Urteilsfindung und -vollstreckung”.
What does Standgericht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteran exceptional tribunal held in the field or during a state of emergency; a drumhead court-martial
Die mutmaßlichen Partisanen wurden per Standgericht zum Tode verurteilt und gehängt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. militärisches Ausnahmegericht zur schnellen Urteilsfindung und -vollstreckung
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 Standgericht
- Standgerichtes genitive
- Standgerichts genitive
- Standgerichte plural
- Standgerichten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Standgericht?
- [ˈʃtantɡəˌʁɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Standgericht in German?
Standgericht appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).