Untersuchungshaft
German, noun[ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌhaft]
Untersuchungshaft is spelled U-N-T-E-R-S-U-C-H-U-N-G-S-H-A-F-T (17 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Untersuchungshaft is a German feminine noun meaning “remand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freiheitsentzug vor oder während polizeilicher Ermittlungen oder einer gerichtlichen Verhandlung”.
What does Untersuchungshaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineremand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Freiheitsentzug vor oder während polizeilicher Ermittlungen oder einer gerichtlichen Verhandlung
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 Untersuchungshaft
- U-Haft alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Untersuchungshaft?
- [ʊntɐˈzuːxʊŋsˌhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Untersuchungshaft in German?
Untersuchungshaft appears 4.0 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).