Knast
German, noun/knast/
Knast is spelled K-N-A-S-T (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 5,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knast is a German masculine noun meaning “jail, the nick, the slammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerichtlich verhängte Freiheitsstrafe”.
What does Knast mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinejail, the nick, the slammer
- 2
colloquialmasculinehunger
Knast haben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gerichtlich verhängte Freiheitsstrafe
noun: 1. Gefängnis
noun: 1. gekrümmter Teil eines Astes; Baumstamm mit Verdickungen; Baumstumpf
noun: 1. großer Hunger
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 Knast
- Knastes genitive
- Knasts genitive
- Knäste plural
- Knaste dative singular
- Knästen dative definite plural
- Knasten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knast?
- /knast/
- [knast]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knast
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knast in German?
Knast appears 12 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).