See Gefängnis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for Gefängnis meaning in German (6.1kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "",
"4": "(ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse",
"5": "capture, captivity"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gefangen",
"3": "",
"4": "caught"
},
"expansion": "gefangen (“caught”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-nis"
},
"expansion": "-nis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fangen",
"3": "",
"4": "to catch"
},
"expansion": "fangen (“to catch”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gevangenis"
},
"expansion": "Dutch gevangenis",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”), since 15th century for the place of the captivity, equivalent to gefangen (“caught”) + -nis. More at fangen (“to catch”).\ncognates with Dutch gevangenis",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Gefängnisses",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisses",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnissen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "Gefängnis n (strong, genitive Gefängnisses, plural Gefängnisse)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnisdirektor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnisgebäude"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnisgeistlicher"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnisinsasse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnisstrafe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängnistor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängniswärter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefängniszelle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gefangen nehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "verhaften"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "festnehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefangener"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Häftling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Sträfling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Gefangenenlager"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Freiheitsentzug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Haftstrafe"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be in jail.",
"text": "im Gefängnis sitzen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The prison, which today in Germany is not supposed to punish anymore but to better and educate, has thereby advanced to the military hospital of the bourgeois order, so to speak.",
"roman": "Das Gefängnis, das heute in Deutschland nicht mehr strafen sondern bessern und erziehen soll, ist damit sozusagen zum Lazarett der bürgerlichen Ordnung avanciert.",
"text": "1932, Carl von Ossietzky, Rückkehr, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 28, no. 52, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 925",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"prison, jail (building)"
],
"id": "en-Gefängnis-de-noun-sS8TbDAK",
"links": [
[
"prison",
"prison"
],
[
"jail",
"jail"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 99",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 74",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Buildings",
"orig": "de:Buildings",
"parents": [
"Buildings and structures",
"Architecture",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 89",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Law enforcement",
"orig": "de:Law enforcement",
"parents": [
"Crime prevention",
"Emergency services",
"Law",
"Crime",
"Public safety",
"Justice",
"Criminal law",
"Society",
"Public administration",
"Security",
"All topics",
"Government",
"Fundamental",
"Politics"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be sentenced to 10 years in prison.",
"text": "zehn Jahre Gefängnis bekommen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"prison sentence"
],
"id": "en-Gefängnis-de-noun-nqPVDnms",
"links": [
[
"sentence",
"sentence"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"sense": "expressions",
"word": "hinter Gitter"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡəˈfɛŋnɪs/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Gefängnis.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg",
"text": "audio"
},
{
"audio": "De-Gefängnis2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Strafanstalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Haftanstalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Vollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "JVA",
"word": "Justizvollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Strafvollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "Zuchthaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kerker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "Knast"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kittchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Bau"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Kiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"topics": [
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "Bunker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "schwedische Gardinen"
}
],
"word": "Gefängnis"
}
{
"categories": [
"German 3-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German neuter nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"de:Buildings",
"de:Law enforcement"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "",
"4": "(ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse",
"5": "capture, captivity"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gefangen",
"3": "",
"4": "caught"
},
"expansion": "gefangen (“caught”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-nis"
},
"expansion": "-nis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "fangen",
"3": "",
"4": "to catch"
},
"expansion": "fangen (“to catch”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gevangenis"
},
"expansion": "Dutch gevangenis",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German (ge)vancnisse, (ge)vencnisse (“capture, captivity”), since 15th century for the place of the captivity, equivalent to gefangen (“caught”) + -nis. More at fangen (“to catch”).\ncognates with Dutch gevangenis",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Gefängnisses",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisses",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnissen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gefängnisse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "Gefängnis n (strong, genitive Gefängnisses, plural Gefängnisse)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Gefängnisdirektor"
},
{
"word": "Gefängnisgebäude"
},
{
"word": "Gefängnisgeistlicher"
},
{
"word": "Gefängnisinsasse"
},
{
"word": "Gefängnisstrafe"
},
{
"word": "Gefängnistor"
},
{
"word": "Gefängniswärter"
},
{
"word": "Gefängniszelle"
},
{
"word": "fangen"
},
{
"word": "gefangen nehmen"
},
{
"word": "verhaften"
},
{
"word": "festnehmen"
},
{
"word": "Gefangener"
},
{
"word": "Häftling"
},
{
"word": "Sträfling"
},
{
"word": "Gefangenenlager"
},
{
"word": "Freiheitsentzug"
},
{
"word": "Haftstrafe"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German terms with quotations",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be in jail.",
"text": "im Gefängnis sitzen.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The prison, which today in Germany is not supposed to punish anymore but to better and educate, has thereby advanced to the military hospital of the bourgeois order, so to speak.",
"roman": "Das Gefängnis, das heute in Deutschland nicht mehr strafen sondern bessern und erziehen soll, ist damit sozusagen zum Lazarett der bürgerlichen Ordnung avanciert.",
"text": "1932, Carl von Ossietzky, Rückkehr, in: Die Weltbühne, volume 28, no. 52, Verlag der Weltbühne, page 925",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"prison, jail (building)"
],
"links": [
[
"prison",
"prison"
],
[
"jail",
"jail"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to be sentenced to 10 years in prison.",
"text": "zehn Jahre Gefängnis bekommen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"prison sentence"
],
"links": [
[
"sentence",
"sentence"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡəˈfɛŋnɪs/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Gefängnis.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis.ogg",
"text": "audio"
},
{
"audio": "De-Gefängnis2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/De-Gef%C3%A4ngnis2.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Strafanstalt"
},
{
"word": "Haftanstalt"
},
{
"word": "Vollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"alt": "JVA",
"word": "Justizvollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"word": "Strafvollzugsanstalt"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "Zuchthaus"
},
{
"word": "Kerker"
},
{
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "Knast"
},
{
"word": "Kittchen"
},
{
"word": "Bau"
},
{
"word": "Kiste"
},
{
"topics": [
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "Bunker"
},
{
"sense": "expressions",
"word": "hinter Gitter"
},
{
"word": "schwedische Gardinen"
}
],
"word": "Gefängnis"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.