Hausarrest

German

Etymology

Haus (“house”) +‎ Arrest (“arrest”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊs.aˌrɛst/, [ˈhaʊ̯s.ʔaˌʁɛst], [ˈhaʊ̯.saˌʁɛst]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Haus‧ar‧rest

Noun

Hausarrest m (strong, genitive Hausarrestes or Hausarrests, plural Hausarreste)

1. house arrest (legal punishment)

   Er steht unter Hausarrest.

   He is under house arrest.

2. grounding (children's punishment)

   Synonym: Stubenarrest

   Er hat Hausarrest.

   He’s grounded.

Usage notes

• Note the different constructions as above: In the legal sense it is usually construed with stehen unter, in the familial sense with haben.

Declension

Declension of Hausarrest [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hausarrest	die	Hausarreste
genitive	eines	des	Hausarrestes, Hausarrests	der	Hausarreste
dative	einem	dem	Hausarrest, Hausarreste1	den	Hausarresten
accusative	einen	den	Hausarrest	die	Hausarreste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Hausarrest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Hausarrest” in Duden online