Hausarrest

German

Etymology

Haus (“house”) +‎ Arrest (“arrest”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsaʁɛst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Haus‧ar‧rest

Noun

Hausarrest m (genitive Hausarrests or Hausarrestes, plural Hausarreste)

house arrest
grounding (child punishment)
Du hast Hausarrest!
You're grounded!

Declension

Declension of Hausarrest

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hausarrest	die	Hausarreste
genitive	eines	des	Hausarrestes, Hausarrests	der	Hausarreste
dative	einem	dem	Hausarrest, Hausarreste¹	den	Hausarresten
accusative	einen	den	Hausarrest	die	Hausarreste

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Further reading

Hausarrest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Hausarrest in Duden online

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