unrecht
German, adjective
unrecht is spelled U-N-R-E-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unrecht is a German adjective meaning “wrong, unethical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Unrecht is a different word: “injustice”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Normen oder Wünschen nicht entsprechend”.
What does unrecht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wrong, unethical
noun
- 1
neuterinjustice
- 2
neuterwrongdoing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verletzung des Rechts
adjective: 1. Normen oder Wünschen nicht entsprechend
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 unrecht
- Unrechtes genitive
- Unrechts genitive
- Unrechte dative singular
- unrechter masculine nominative singular
- am unrechtesten superlative
- unrechte feminine nominative singular
- unrechtes neuter nominative singular
- unrechten genitive masculine singular
- unrechtem dative masculine singular
- der unrechte definite includes-article masculine
- die unrechte definite feminine includes-article
- das unrechte definite includes-article neuter
- die unrechten definite includes-article nominative
- des unrechten definite genitive includes-article
- der unrechten definite feminine genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to unrecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is unrecht in German?
unrecht appears 22 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).