Haft

See also: haft and -haft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German haft, hafte (“captivity”), from Old High German haft, hafta. Immediately cognate with Middle Dutch hachte, Middle Low German hafte. Also related with Old English hæft, and further with Latin captus, Old Irish cacht.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haft/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aft

Noun

Haft f (genitive Haft, plural (rare) Haften)

  1. arrest, custody, imprisonment (the state of being confined by order of a government or ruler)
  2. (dated, except in Geiselhaft) captivity (any confinement, e.g. by criminals)
    Synonym: Gefangenschaft

Declension

Declension of Haft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Haft die Haften1
genitive einer der Haft der Haften1
dative einer der Haft den Haften1
accusative eine die Haft die Haften1

1Rare.

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Haft”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. ^ “Haft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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