Polyglot Dictionary

Strafarbeit

/ˈʃtʁaːfˌʔaʁbaɪt/

die noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Strafarbeiten

Meaning

  1. detention, punishment task (school)

    Built from Strafe (punishment) + Arbeit (work); a written punishment task, or by extension a detention.

    • Der Lehrer gab ihm eine Strafarbeit.

      The teacher gave him a detention task.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Strafe punishment
  • Arbeit work

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

garde

Close, figuratively — detention relates to custody, guard.

Practice

1 What does Strafarbeit mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Lehrer gab ihm eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Strafarbeit?

See also

nouncompound

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