Festnahme
German, noun[ˈfɛstˌnaːmə]
Festnahme is a German feminine noun meaning “arrest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Festhalten einer Person auf einer rechtlichen Grundlage für einen vorläufigen Zeitraum”.
What does Festnahme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearrest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Festhalten einer Person auf einer rechtlichen Grundlage für einen vorläufigen Zeitraum
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Festnahme
- Festnahmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Festnahme?
- [ˈfɛstˌnaːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Festnahme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Festnahme in German?
Festnahme appears 6.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).