Polyglot Dictionary

Straftat

/ˈʃtʁaːfˌtaːt/

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 Legal Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Straftaten

Meaning

  1. criminal offense, crime

    • Diebstahl ist eine Straftat.

      Theft is a criminal offense.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Kriminalität

Straftat is one specific criminal offense; Kriminalität is crime in general, as a social phenomenon.

Verbrechen

Close synonyms for a crime; Straftat is the precise legal term for any punishable offense, Verbrechen is the everyday word, often implying something more serious.

Similar in other languages

French

délit

Close — a criminal offense relates to a délit (offense).

English

crime

crime is the English word for the same thing — both mean "criminal offense, crime."

Practice

1 What does Straftat mean?

2 Fill the gap: Diebstahl ist eine ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Straftat?

noun

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