Haft

See also: haft and -haft

German

Etymology

From Old High German hafta.

The German word Haft is the continuation of

Middle High German haft f (“imprisonment”)
Middle High German haft m (“captive, imprisonment, chain”)
the adjective haft, see -haft[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [haft]
Audio (file)

Noun

Haft f (genitive Haft, no plural)

custody, imprisonment

Declension

Declension of Haft [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Haft
genitive	einer	der	Haft
dative	einer	der	Haft
accusative	eine	die	Haft

Hyponyms

Abschiebehaft, Beugehaft, Dunkelhaft, Einzelhaft, Erzwingungshaft, Festungshaft, Gefängnishaft, Geiselhaft, Isolationshaft, Lagerhaft, Schutzhaft, Sippenhaft, Untersuchungshaft

Derived terms

Related terms

Haftbefehl
Haftbeschwerde
Haftentschädigung
Haftverschonung

References

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

Further reading

“Haft (Arrest, Strafe)” in Duden online
“Haft, Klammer, Verbindung” in Duden online
“Haft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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