Unrechtsstaat

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Etymology

Unrecht (“injustice”) +‎ -s- +‎ Staat (“state”), coined in analogy to Rechtsstaat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnrɛçt͡sʃtaːt/
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Noun

Unrechtsstaat m (mixed, genitive Unrechtsstaates or Unrechtsstaats, plural Unrechtsstaaten)

  1. (politics) a state that doesn't obey the rule of law and in which the powerholders exercise their power arbitrarily at will
    Antonym: Rechtsstaat
    • 1952 March, German jurist Fritz Bauer, Closing argument in the Remer trial to exonerate the protagonists of the 20 July plot‎:
      Ein Unrechtsstaat, der täglich zehntausende Morde begeht, berechtigt jedermann zur Notwehr gemäß § 53 StGB.
      Everyone is entitled to self-defense pursuant to § 53 StGB against an unjust state that commits tens of thousands of murders every day.

Declension

Declension of Unrechtsstaat
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Unrechtsstaat die Unrechtsstaaten
genitive eines des Unrechtsstaates, Unrechtsstaats der Unrechtsstaaten
dative einem dem Unrechtsstaat, Unrechtsstaate1 den Unrechtsstaaten
accusative einen den Unrechtsstaat die Unrechtsstaaten

1Now rare, see notes.

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