The word 'Ungerechtigkeit' is best translated as which English noun?

• A. Injustice
• B. Equality
• C. Fairness
• D. Inequity

Answer: (A)

Ungerechtigkeit expresses a wrongness in how someone is treated or in a situation that violates what is morally or legally just. The natural English noun for that idea is injustice, used to talk about unfair treatment, denied rights, or outcomes that go against what is right. Equality is about sameness and rights, not the wrongness itself. Fairness is a related positive idea about how rules should be applied, but it doesn’t name the wrong that has occurred. Inequity is a close, more formal term for an unfair difference or imbalance, but the everyday translation of Ungerechtigkeit is injustice. So in most contexts, Ungerechtigkeit = injustice, as in “There is injustice in this system.”