hinter Gitter

German

Prepositional phrase

hinter Gitter

1. behind bars

   hinter Gitter wandern (accusative indicating direction) ― to end up behind bars

   hinter Gittern sitzen (dative indicating position) ― to be behind bars

   • 2023 March 31, René Pfister, “Wandert Donald Trump jetzt hinter Gitter?”, in Der Spiegel‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Wandert Donald Trump jetzt hinter Gitter? [title]

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Further reading

• “hinter Gitter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “hinter Gitter”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024