Also means
condemn
Usage Note
verurteilen is the courtroom word for sentencing someone, taking the case marker zu for the penalty: zu fünf Jahren verurteilen ('to sentence to five years'). It also means to condemn morally, just like the English 'condemn'.
Examples
"Das Gericht verurteilt den Täter."
Natural Translation
The court convicts the offender.
Literal Translation
The court convicts the offender.
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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