Strafe

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”). Compare Dutch straf, German Low German Straaf, Luxembourgish Strof. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁaːfə/ Hyphenation: Stra‧fe === Noun === Strafe f (genitive Strafe, plural Strafen) punishment eine angemessene Strafe ― an appropriate punishment Strafe muss sein. ― Punishment is necessary. penalty fine ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Bestrafung (1,2) Geldstrafe, Geldbuße, Bußgeld (3) ==== Derived terms ==== straflos sträflich ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: sztrôfa → Russian: штраф (štraf) === References === === Further reading === “Strafe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Strafe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Strafe” in Duden online