Prohibition

See also: prohibition

English

Proper noun

Prohibition

1. (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
   1. (US) The period from 17 January 1920 through 5 December 1933 in the United States, between the effective dates of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the United States Constitution.
2. (Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Translations

period

• Arabic: مَنْع اَلْكُحُول m (manʕ al-kuḥūl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁酒令 (zh) (jìnjiǔlìng), 禁酒 (zh) (jìnjiǔ)

• Finnish: kieltolain aika
• French: Prohibition f
• German: Alkoholprohibition f, Prohibition (de) f
• Hungarian: szesztilalom (hu)
• Japanese: 禁酒令 (きんしゅれい, kinshurei), 禁酒 (ja) (きんしゅ, kinshu)
• Kazakh: құрғақ заң (qūrğaq zañ)
• Korean: 금주법(禁酒法) (geumjubeop)
• Polish: prohibicja (pl) f
• Russian: сухо́й зако́н (ru) m (suxój zakón)

66th sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سورة التحريم
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁戒章 (Jìnjièzhāng)

• Japanese: 禁止 (ja) (きんし, Kinshi)

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Prohibition f (genitive Prohibition, plural Prohibitionen)

1. prohibition of alcohol / drugs
2. (history) Prohibition

Declension

Declension of Prohibition [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prohibition	die	Prohibitionen
genitive	einer	der	Prohibition	der	Prohibitionen
dative	einer	der	Prohibition	den	Prohibitionen
accusative	eine	die	Prohibition	die	Prohibitionen

Further reading

• “Prohibition” in Duden online