Gefangenschaft
German, noun[ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft]
Gefangenschaft is spelled G-E-F-A-N-G-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (14 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefangenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “imprisonment, captivity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand, in dem jemand oder etwas gefangen gehalten wird”.
What does Gefangenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimprisonment, captivity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand, in dem jemand oder etwas gefangen gehalten wird
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 Gefangenschaft
- Gefangenschaften plural
- Gefsch. abbreviation
- Gfsch. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gefangenschaft?
- [ɡəˈfaŋənʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gefangenschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gefangenschaft in German?
Gefangenschaft appears 4.7 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).