Kriminalität
German
Etymology
From French criminalité (“crime, criminality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁiminaliˈtɛːt/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /-ˈteːt/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Kri‧mi‧na‧li‧tät
Noun
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- (law) crime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively)
- Synonym: Verbrechen (in common use only)
- criminality, criminalness (state of being criminal)
Declension
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Synonyms
Hyponyms
- Clankriminalität, Drogenkriminalität, Gewaltkriminalität, Kleinkriminalität, Rauschgiftkriminalität, Schwerkriminalität, Schwerstkriminalität, Straßenkriminalität
Derived terms
- kriminalitätsartig, kriminalitätsmäßig
Related terms
- Kriminalitätsbekämpfung, kriminalitätsbelastet, Kriminalitätsrate, Kriminalitätsschwerpunkt, Kriminalitätszunahme
Further reading
- “Kriminalität” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kriminalität” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kriminalität” in Duden online
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