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Straftäter

German, noun/ˈʃtʁaːfˌtɛːtɐ/

Straftäter is a German masculine noun meaning “criminal offender” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine durch ein Strafgesetz mit Strafe bedrohte Handlung begeht”.

What does Straftäter mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecriminal offender

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die eine durch ein Strafgesetz mit Strafe bedrohte Handlung begeht

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 Straftäter

  • Straftäters genitive
  • Straftätern dative definite plural
  • Straftäterin feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Straftäter?

  • /ˈʃtʁaːfˌtɛːtɐ/
  • /-ˌteːtɐ/
  • [ˈʃtʁaːfˌtɛːtɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Straftäter

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Straftäter in German?

Straftäter appears 3.3 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).