die Gerechtigkeit
Meaning in English: justice, fairness
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Viele Menschen wünschen sich mehr Gerechtigkeit.
Many people wish for more fairness.
Der, die or das?
Gerechtigkeit is feminine: die Gerechtigkeit. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -keit are die in 15 of 15 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Gerechtigkeit?
Gerechtigkeit is number 4,726 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 59,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,722sportlichsporty, athletic
- 4,723Bussebuses
- 4,724existiertexists
- 4,725spezialisiertspecialised
- 4,726die Gerechtigkeitjustice, fairness
- 4,727Apothekenpharmacies, chemists
- 4,728Dienstesservice (genitive)
- 4,729gewünschtedesired, requested
- 4,730gebürtigenative, born in
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,726
- The most common German nouns#2,070
- German B2 vocabulary#1,156
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#677
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.