Also means
summary penalty order
Usage Note
Strafbefehl is a written summary penalty order issued by a court without a full trial, typically for minor offences. The recipient can object within two weeks, triggering a regular hearing; otherwise it becomes final like a conviction.
Examples
"Er erhielt einen Strafbefehl wegen Fahrens ohne Fahrschein."
Natural Translation
He received a penal order for travelling without a ticket.
Literal Translation
He received a penal-order because-of travelling without ticket.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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