Staatsanwaltschaft
German, noun/ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft/
Staatsanwaltschaft is spelled S-T-A-A-T-S-A-N-W-A-L-T-S-C-H-A-F-T (18 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staatsanwaltschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “public prosecutor's office” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behörde, die für die Strafverfolgung und Strafvollstreckung zuständig ist”.
What does Staatsanwaltschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepublic prosecutor's office
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behörde, die für die Strafverfolgung und Strafvollstreckung zuständig ist
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 Staatsanwaltschaft
- Staatsanwaltschaften plural
- StA abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Staatsanwaltschaft?
- /ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft/
- [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Staatsanwaltschaft in German?
Staatsanwaltschaft appears 18 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).