Polyglot Dictionary

Unrecht

/ˈʊnʁɛçt/

das noun B2

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

Meaning

  1. injustice

    Built from un- (not) + Recht (right).

    • Ihm wurde Unrecht getan.

      He was wronged.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • un- not
  • Recht right

Similar words

ungerechtigkeit

Ungerechtigkeit is more abstract, injustice as a systemic issue; Unrecht is more concrete, a specific wrong done or injustice suffered.

Similar in other languages

French

injustice

injustice is the French word for the same thing — both mean "injustice."

Portuguese

injustiça

injustiça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "injustice."

Practice

1 What does Unrecht mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ihm wurde ___ getan.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Unrecht?

nouncompound

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