Skip to content

Festnahme

apprehension, arrest

noun FEST-na-me Rare

Usage Note

Festnahme covers both the provisional arrest without a formal warrant (vorläufige Festnahme) and the general act of apprehending a suspect; the verb is festnehmen (to apprehend).

Examples

"Die Festnahme verlief ohne nennenswerten Widerstand."

Natural Translation

The arrest proceeded without notable resistance.

Literal Translation

The apprehension proceeded without noteworthy resistance.

Explore German by topic