Weistum
German, noun/ˈvaɪ̯stuːm/
Weistum is spelled W-E-I-S-T-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weistum is a German neuter noun meaning “legal sentence, award (chiefly regarding communities in rural areas with partially oral legal traditions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Auskunft über rechtliche Fragen, die von rechtskundigen Männern erteilt wurde”.
What does Weistum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlegal sentence, award (chiefly regarding communities in rural areas with partially oral legal traditions)
- 2
neuterwritten records on legal issues, legal customs and legal instructions (chiefly used in plural)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Auskunft über rechtliche Fragen, die von rechtskundigen Männern erteilt wurde 2. schriftliche Aufzeichnungen zu Rechtsfragen, Rechtsgewohnheiten und -belehrungen
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 Weistum
- Weistumes genitive
- Weistums genitive
- Weistümer plural
- Weistume dative singular
- Weistümern dative definite plural
- Weisthum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weistum?
- /ˈvaɪ̯stuːm/
- [ˈvaɪ̯stuːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weistum in German?
Weistum appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).