Stubenarrest
German, noun[ˈʃtuːbn̩ʔaˌʁɛst]
Stubenarrest is a German masculine noun meaning “grounding, grounded: prohibition on leaving one's room or home, especially as a child's punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(vor allem gegenüber einem Kind als Strafe ausgesprochenes) Verbot, das eigene Zimmer oder die (elterliche)…”.
What does Stubenarrest mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinegrounding, grounded: prohibition on leaving one's room or home, especially as a child's punishment
Leoni darf heute nicht mitspielen. Sie hat Stubenarrest.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (vor allem gegenüber einem Kind als Strafe ausgesprochenes) Verbot, das eigene Zimmer oder die (elterliche) Wohnung zu verlassen
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 Stubenarrest
- Stubenarrestes genitive
- Stubenarrests genitive
- Stubenarreste plural
- Stubenarresten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stubenarrest?
- [ˈʃtuːbn̩ʔaˌʁɛst]
- [ˈʃtuːbm̩ʔaˌʁɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stubenarrest in German?
Stubenarrest appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).