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Notstand

Quality:

Necessity defence - either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. Article “Notstand” in German Wikipedia has 28.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 7 references and 14 sections.

This article has the best quality in Japanese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Notstand”, its content was written by 95 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 586 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 324 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1794 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #4125 in December 2003
  • Global: #16267 in May 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #162 in March 2020
  • Global: #11239 in March 2020

There are 30 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Japanese (ja)
緊急避難
34.2794
2English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
33.001
3Russian (ru)
Крайняя необходимость
31.3992
4German (de)
Notstand
28.2529
5Azerbaijani (az)
Son zərurət
27.9907
6Korean (ko)
긴급피난
26.7765
7Chinese (zh)
緊急避難
26.7269
8Swedish (sv)
Nödrätt
22.3196
9Ukrainian (uk)
Крайня необхідність
20.9974
10Kazakh (kk)
Аса қажеттілік
20.3958
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Notstand" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
緊急避難
826 417
2German (de)
Notstand
754 876
3Spanish (es)
Estado de necesidad
578 036
4Russian (ru)
Крайняя необходимость
504 783
5English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
319 506
6Polish (pl)
Stan wyższej konieczności
236 572
7Portuguese (pt)
Estado de necessidade
214 993
8Italian (it)
Stato di necessità
205 403
9Ukrainian (uk)
Крайня необхідність
153 304
10Chinese (zh)
緊急避難
133 933
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Notstand" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
1 807
2Japanese (ja)
緊急避難
1 133
3Chinese (zh)
緊急避難
896
4German (de)
Notstand
623
5Russian (ru)
Крайняя необходимость
466
6Polish (pl)
Stan wyższej konieczności
240
7Italian (it)
Stato di necessità
189
8Spanish (es)
Estado de necesidad
150
9Ukrainian (uk)
Крайня необхідність
116
10Czech (cs)
Krajní nouze
108
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Notstand" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
118
2German (de)
Notstand
95
3Japanese (ja)
緊急避難
46
4Italian (it)
Stato di necessità
37
5Chinese (zh)
緊急避難
35
6Spanish (es)
Estado de necesidad
26
7Polish (pl)
Stan wyższej konieczności
20
8Portuguese (pt)
Estado de necessidade
18
9Russian (ru)
Крайняя необходимость
18
10Dutch (nl)
Noodzakelijkheid
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Notstand" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Uzbek (uz)
Oxirgi zarurat
1
2Azerbaijani (az)
Son zərurət
0
3Belarusian (be)
Крайняя неабходнасць
0
4Czech (cs)
Krajní nouze
0
5Danish (da)
Nødret
0
6German (de)
Notstand
0
7English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Sufiĉa kondiĉo
0
9Spanish (es)
Estado de necesidad
0
10Finnish (fi)
Pakkotila
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Notstand" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Notstand
324
2English (en)
Necessity (criminal law)
265
3Japanese (ja)
緊急避難
252
4Chinese (zh)
緊急避難
160
5Korean (ko)
긴급피난
154
6Russian (ru)
Крайняя необходимость
112
7Portuguese (pt)
Estado de necessidade
86
8Italian (it)
Stato di necessità
79
9Ukrainian (uk)
Крайня необхідність
63
10Turkish (tr)
Zorunluluk
56
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
azAzerbaijani
Son zərurət
beBelarusian
Крайняя неабходнасць
csCzech
Krajní nouze
daDanish
Nødret
deGerman
Notstand
enEnglish
Necessity (criminal law)
eoEsperanto
Sufiĉa kondiĉo
esSpanish
Estado de necesidad
fiFinnish
Pakkotila
frFrench
Principe de nécessité
hyArmenian
Ծայրահեղ անհրաժեշտություն
itItalian
Stato di necessità
jaJapanese
緊急避難
kkKazakh
Аса қажеттілік
koKorean
긴급피난
nlDutch
Noodzakelijkheid
noNorwegian
Nødrett
plPolish
Stan wyższej konieczności
ptPortuguese
Estado de necessidade
ruRussian
Крайняя необходимость
simpleSimple English
Necessary
skSlovak
Krajná núdza
slSlovenian
Skrajna sila
srSerbian
Крајња нужда
svSwedish
Nödrätt
trTurkish
Zorunluluk
ukUkrainian
Крайня необхідність
uzUzbek
Oxirgi zarurat
zhChinese
緊急避難
zhminnanMin Nan
Kín-kip pī-lān

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#162
03.2020
Global:
#11239
03.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#4125
12.2003
Global:
#16267
05.2012

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Necessity defence from Wikipedia articles about Timothy McVeigh, 2011 Norway attacks, Murder of Meredith Kercher, Justification and R v Dudley and Stephens. Whereas reading the article about Necessity defence people most often go to Wikipedia articles on North by Northwest, Right of self-defense, Plank of Carneades, Necessity in English law and Good Samaritan law.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Necessary

News from 1 July 2026

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In German Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Demokratische Republik Kongo, Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2026, Senegal, Julian Nagelsmann, Erling Haaland, Sadio Mané, Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1994, Jürgen Klopp, Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2028, Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft.

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