Polyglot Dictionary

Pfändung

/ˈpfɛndʊŋ/

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
Pfändungen

Meaning

  1. seizure

    • Es kam zur Pfändung.

      A seizure took place.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

zugriff

Pfändung specifically means legal "seizure"; Zugriff primarily means "access," with "seizure" as a secondary, technical or legal sense.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

convulsão

convulsão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "seizure."

Practice

1 What does Pfändung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es kam zur ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Pfändung?

noun

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