Gefängnisstrafe
German, noun[ɡəˈfɛŋnɪsˌʃtʁaːfə]
Gefängnisstrafe is spelled G-E-F-Ä-N-G-N-I-S-S-T-R-A-F-E (15 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefängnisstrafe is a German feminine noun meaning “prison sentence, imprisonment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein zur Bestrafung eines Vergehens gerichtlich angeordneter Gefängnisaufenthalt”.
What does Gefängnisstrafe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprison sentence, imprisonment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein zur Bestrafung eines Vergehens gerichtlich angeordneter Gefängnisaufenthalt 2. eine Haftstrafe zwischen einem Tag und fünf Jahren ohne generelle Arbeitspflicht
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 Gefängnisstrafe
- Gefängnisstrafen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gefängnisstrafe?
- [ɡəˈfɛŋnɪsˌʃtʁaːfə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gefängnisstrafe in German?
Gefängnisstrafe appears 1.4 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).