punish
bestrafen
Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Verhalten oder eine Handlung, die unter Strafe steht und rechtliche Konsequenzen hat.
- English meaning
- punishable
- Synonym
- strafbar, unter Strafe gestellt
- German example
- Die Falschaussage vor Gericht ist strafbewehrt.
- English example
- Perjury in court is punishable.
Related words
- bestrafen
punish
- strafen
punish
- strafmündig
Criminally responsible
- strafunmündig
Under the age of criminal responsibility
- unbotmäßig
Disobedient, insubordinate
- brutalstmöglich
As brutally as possible means to do something in the most brutal, cruel, and merciless way.
- Strafe
Penalty, punishment
- Strafrecht
Criminal law is a field of law that deals with criminal offenses and their punishment.
- Bestrafung
punishment
- Desertation
Desertion
- Prügelstrafe
Corporal punishment
- Ungehorsam
Disobedience
- Tupilak
A Tupilak is a mythical creature in Inuit mythology, created from animal bones and other materials to seek revenge.
- Aneignung
Appropriation means to take something for oneself, to make something one's own, often in the sense of taking over or presuming.
- Züchtigung
Corporal punishment refers to a punishment, often physical, used as an educational measure.
- Zuwiderhandlung
violation, infringement
- Kerkerstrafe
Imprisonment in a dungeon
- Strafbarkeit
Criminality refers to the characteristic of an act that is punishable by law and thus entails legal consequences.
- Epikie
Epikeia refers to the situation-appropriate interpretation of a law to find a fairer solution in cases of hardship.
- Schwerstverbrechen
A serious crime is a very serious crime that is punishable by a long prison sentence or life imprisonment.
- Unducht
Unducht is an obsolete word for fornication or immoral behavior.
- Strafvereitelung
Obstruction of justice
- Schandmantel
A pillory was a medieval punishment device used for public humiliation.
- Coronasünder
COVID rule breaker, pandemic offender
- abstrafen
Punish
- schwarzfahren
Fare dodging
- proportional
Proportional
- strafbar
Punishable
- unrechtmäßig
Illegal, unlawful
- punitiv
Punitive means punishing or aimed at punishment.
- Hölle
Hell
- Enthauptung
Beheading
- Auspeitschung
Flogging
- Tierquälerei
Animal cruelty
- Steinigung
Stoning
- Verdammung
Damnation refers to the state of being condemned and punished by a higher power, often in a religious context.
- Häresie
Heresy
- Ketzerei
heresy
- Giftspritze
A lethal injection is an injection with a deadly dose of poison, used for the execution of death row inmates.
- Abstrafung
Punishment
- Karwatsche
A karwatsche is a whip, often made of leather, formerly used for driving cattle or as a means of punishment.
- Spießrutenlauf
A Spießrutenlauf is a punishment in which the person being punished must run between two rows of people who strike them.
- Unterlassung
Omission
- Doppelehe
Bigamy
- Hassrede
Hate speech, incitement to hatred.
- Wehrkraftzersetzung
Subversion of military strength
- Verhältnismässigkeit
Proportionality
- Verhältnismäßigkeit
proportionality
- henken
To hang (execute)
- züchtigen
To punish someone physically or morally in order to improve them.
- unverdient
Undeserved
Example sentences with “punish”
Don't punish him. (Bestrafe ihn nicht.)
Frequently asked questions
What is the noun for 'punish'?
It is 'die Bestrafung'.