Freiheitsberaubung

German

Etymology

From Freiheit (“freedom”) +‎ -s- +‎ Beraubung (“bereavement, deprivation”). Compare Dutch vrijheidsberoving, Swedish frihetsberövande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaɪ̯haɪ̯t͡sbəˌʁaʊ̯bʊŋ/
• Hyphenation: Frei‧heits‧be‧rau‧bung

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Noun

Freiheitsberaubung f (genitive Freiheitsberaubung, plural Freiheitsberaubungen)

1. (law) false imprisonment (the crime of confining a person in a place without being legally authorised to do so)

Declension

Declension of Freiheitsberaubung [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Freiheitsberaubung	die	Freiheitsberaubungen
genitive	einer	der	Freiheitsberaubung	der	Freiheitsberaubungen
dative	einer	der	Freiheitsberaubung	den	Freiheitsberaubungen
accusative	eine	die	Freiheitsberaubung	die	Freiheitsberaubungen

Further reading

• “Freiheitsberaubung” in Duden online