Haftrichter
German, noun[ˈhaftˌʁɪçtɐ]
Haftrichter is spelled H-A-F-T-R-I-C-H-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haftrichter is a German masculine noun meaning “a judge tasked with the decision whether or not to keep someone in custody” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Richter, der bei einem verhafteten Verdächtigen über einen Haftbefehl entscheidet”.
What does Haftrichter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea judge tasked with the decision whether or not to keep someone in custody
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Richter, der bei einem verhafteten Verdächtigen über einen Haftbefehl entscheidet
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 Haftrichter
- Haftrichters genitive
- Haftrichterin feminine
- Haftrichtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Haftrichter?
- [ˈhaftˌʁɪçtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Haftrichter in German?
Haftrichter appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).