Polyglot Dictionary

Rechtsanwalt

/ˈʁɛçtsˌʔanvalt/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Legal Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Rechtsanwälte

Meaning

  1. lawyer

    Built from Recht (law) + Anwalt (advocate).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Recht law
  • Anwalt advocate

Similar words

Anwalt

Anwalt is the everyday, short word for lawyer; Rechtsanwalt is the full, official legal title.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

abogado

abogado is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "lawyer."

Portuguese

advogado

advogado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lawyer."

Practice

1 What does Rechtsanwalt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ berät den Mandanten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rechtsanwalt?

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