German noun, feminine · CEFR C1
die Justiz
Meaning in English: judiciary, justice system
Example
Der Fall liegt jetzt bei der Justiz.
The case is now with the courts.
Der, die or das?
Justiz is feminine: die Justiz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Justiz?
Justiz is number 2,445 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 37 times per million words — about once every 27,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,441kündigtequit, cancelled (past)
- 2,442lautetis, reads (e.g. a name)
- 2,443die Mathematikmathematics
- 2,444Erwachsenenadults
- 2,445die Justizjudiciary, justice system
- 2,446bezahltpaid
- 2,447finanziellfinancial, financially
- 2,448erweiternexpand, extend
- 2,449die Einhaltungcompliance, observance
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,445
- The most common German nouns#1,018
- German C1 vocabulary#81
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#333
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.