der Rechtsstaat

C2 Noun frequency rank #4,469

What Rechtsstaat means

Noun

constitutional state: a state based on law

Forms

der Rechtsstaat · die Rechtsstaaten

Plural: Rechtsstaaten

Pronunciation

Rechtsstaat in a sentence

Diese Taten sind Machtmissbrauch und untergraben den Rechtsstaat wesentlich.

These actions are an abuse of power and fundamentally undermine the rule of law.

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Rechtsstaat is C2 German — near-native vocabulary, ranked #4,469 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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