Festungshaft

German

Etymology

From Festung (“fortress”) +‎ -s- +‎ Haft (“arrest, custody, imprisonment”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛstʊŋsˌhaft/
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  • Hyphenation: Fes‧tungs‧haft

Noun

Festungshaft f (genitive Festungshaft, no plural)

  1. (law) custodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress
    Synonyms: Ehrenhaft, Festungsarrest
    • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Vorwort”, in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “Foreword”, in Mein Kampf, New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 19:
      Am 1. April 1924 hatte ich, aufgrund des Urteilsspruches des Münchner Volksgerichts von diesem Tage, meine Festungshaft zu Landsberg am Lech anzutreten.
      On April 1st, 1924. I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict pronounced by the Munich people's court on that day.

Declension

Declension of Festungshaft [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Festungshaft
genitive einer der Festungshaft
dative einer der Festungshaft
accusative eine die Festungshaft

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