die Rechtsgrundlage
Meaning in English: legal basis
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Für diese Kontrolle fehlt eine Rechtsgrundlage.
There is no legal basis for this check.
Der, die or das?
Rechtsgrundlage is feminine: die Rechtsgrundlage. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -e are die in 170 of 193 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Rechtsgrundlage?
Rechtsgrundlage is number 4,013 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 21 times per million words — about once every 48,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Related words in the list
Rechtsgrundlage is built from recht (right; quite, rather) + rechts (right, on the right) + die Grundlage (basis, foundation).
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,009langfristigelong-term
- 4,010binnenwithin
- 4,011betreuento look after, to supervise
- 4,012der Vorsprunglead, head start
- 4,013die Rechtsgrundlagelegal basis
- 4,014die Performanceperformance
- 4,015kmkm (kilometre)
- 4,016der Aspektaspect
- 4,017der Armarm
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,013
- The most common German nouns#1,731
- German C1 vocabulary#250
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#558
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.