Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht
German, noun/ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡnɪsfɛɐ̯vaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋsˌʁɛçt/
Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht is spelled Z-E-U-G-N-I-S-V-E-R-W-E-I-G-E-R-U-N-G-S-R-E-C-H-T (25 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht is a German neuter noun meaning “the right to refuse to give evidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Befugnis eines Zeugen, keine Aussage zu machen”.
What does Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterthe right to refuse to give evidence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Befugnis eines Zeugen, keine Aussage zu machen
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 Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht
- Zeugnisverweigerungsrechtes genitive
- Zeugnisverweigerungsrechts genitive
- Zeugnisverweigerungsrechte plural
- Zeugnisverweigerungsrechten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht?
- /ˈt͡sɔɪ̯ɡnɪsfɛɐ̯vaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋsˌʁɛçt/
- [ˈt͡sɔɪ̯knɪsfɛɐ̯vaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋsˌʁɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht in German?
Zeugnisverweigerungsrecht appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).