die Freiheitsstrafe

C1

custodial sentence / imprisonment

English meaning
custodial sentence / imprisonment
Gender
die — feminine
Plural
die Freiheitsstrafen
Vocabulary package
Law & Justice

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Freiheitsstrafe in a sentence

Die Freiheitsstrafe betrug fünf Jahre Gefängnis.

The custodial sentence was five years imprisonment.

Declension of die Freiheitsstrafe

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativedie Freiheitsstrafedie Freiheitsstrafen
Accusativedie Freiheitsstrafedie Freiheitsstrafen
Dativeder Freiheitsstrafeden Freiheitsstrafen
Genitiveder Freiheitsstrafeder Freiheitsstrafen

Word family

die Freiheitsstrafe is built from die Freiheit (freedom) and die Strafe (punishment, penalty). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where Freiheitsstrafe comes from

Determinativkompositum aus Freiheit, Fugenelement -s und Strafe

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Questions about Freiheitsstrafe

Is it der, die or das Freiheitsstrafe?

It is die Freiheitsstrafe — Freiheitsstrafe is feminine. In the plural it becomes die Freiheitsstrafen.

What is the plural of Freiheitsstrafe?

The plural of die Freiheitsstrafe is die Freiheitsstrafen.

What is the genitive of Freiheitsstrafe?

The genitive singular is der Freiheitsstrafe. The dative plural is den Freiheitsstrafen.

What does Freiheitsstrafe mean in English?

die Freiheitsstrafe means "custodial sentence / imprisonment". For example: "Die Freiheitsstrafe betrug fünf Jahre Gefängnis." — "The custodial sentence was five years imprisonment."

What level is Freiheitsstrafe in German?

Freiheitsstrafe is a C1 word — c1 — advanced. It belongs to the law & justice vocabulary.

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