Polyglot Dictionary

Androhung

/ˈanˌdʁoːʊŋ/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Androhungen

Meaning

  1. threat

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Drohung

Drohung is the general word for a threat; Androhung is specifically the formal act of issuing a threat or warning of consequences, like the Androhung einer Strafe.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

amenaza

amenaza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "threat."

Portuguese

ameaça

ameaça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "threat."

Practice

1 What does Androhung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Unter ___ von Strafe war es verboten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Androhung?

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