Festungshaft
German, noun/ˈfɛstʊŋsˌhaft/
Festungshaft is spelled F-E-S-T-U-N-G-S-H-A-F-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festungshaft is a German feminine noun meaning “custodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freiheitsstrafe, die vornehmlich in einer Festung (aber auch anderenorts) verbüßt wurde”.
What does Festungshaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecustodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Freiheitsstrafe, die vornehmlich in einer Festung (aber auch anderenorts) verbüßt wurde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Festungshaft?
- /ˈfɛstʊŋsˌhaft/
- [ˈfɛstʊŋsˌhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Festungshaft in German?
Festungshaft appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).