strafbar

strafbar

Danish

Etymology

straffe +‎ -bar

Adjective

strafbar (neuter strafbart, plural and definite singular attributive strafbare)

  1. (law, of an action) punishable; liable to be punished

See also

German

Etymology

    strafen +‎ -bar

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁaːfbaːɐ̯/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Adjective

    strafbar (strong nominative masculine singular strafbarer, not comparable)

    1. (law, of a deed in theory) liable to criminal prosecution; criminal (for which the law provides a criminal punishment)
      Einbruch ist eine strafbare Handlung.
      Burglary is a criminal offence.
    2. (law, of a person or a deed in practice) criminally punishable (to or for which a criminal punishment can be meted out)
      Antonym: straffrei
      Der Einbrecher war aufgrund eines Verfahrensfehlers nicht strafbar.
      The burglar was not punishable due to a procedural error.

    Declension

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    Further reading

    • strafbar”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • strafbar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • strafbar” in Duden online