Polyglot Dictionary

Festnahme

/ˈfɛstˌnaːmə/

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 Festnahmen

Meaning

  1. arrest

    • Die Festnahme erfolgte am Morgen.

      The arrest took place in the morning.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

verhaftung

Festnahme is the act of apprehending someone — police taking them into custody; Verhaftung is the formal arrest or detention process, implying the ongoing legal custody.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

detención

detención is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "arrest."

French

arrestation

arrestation is the French word for the same thing — both mean "arrest."

Practice

1 What does Festnahme mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ erfolgte am Morgen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Festnahme?

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