Was heißt »Haft­an­stalt« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv Haft­an­stalt lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • detention centre
  • gaol
  • jail

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

In den USA gibt es mehr Häftlinge, als die Gefängnisse aufnehmen können. Daher sind die Haftanstalten überfüllt.

In the U.S., there are more prisoners than there is jail space for them. So the prisons are overcrowded.

Ich war zehn Jahre Leiter einer Haftanstalt.

I was a prison warden for ten years.

Synonyme

Bau:
construction
Bun­ker:
bunker
shelter
Ge­fäng­nis:
penitentiary
prison
Kahn:
flat-bottomed boat
Ker­ker:
dungeon
Kis­te:
box
coffer
Kitt­chen:
clink
Knast:
custodial sentence
detention
imprisonment
prison sentence
Loch:
hole
Straf­an­stalt:
penal institution
penitentiary
prison
Voll­zugs­an­stalt:
penal institution
Zucht­haus:
penitentiary
prison

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom didn't like the jail.

  • That'll land Tom in jail.

  • Tom needs to be put in jail.

  • He wouldn't be serving a life sentence in jail right now if he hadn't killed a man.

  • Yanni was released from jail in 2004.

  • They'll put her in jail.

  • Tom's in jail now, isn't he?

  • I was arrested and spent the night in jail.

  • I got arrested and spent the night in jail.

  • I met Tom in jail.

  • I met Tom while we were both in jail.

  • You can go to jail for that.

  • She's still in jail, isn't she?

  • He died in jail.

  • Why is Tom in jail?

  • She was sentenced to three years in jail.

  • Neither Tom nor Mary has spent any time in jail.

  • She hanged herself in jail.

  • He hanged himself in jail.

  • Mary hanged herself in jail.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

An­stalt:
asylum
institute

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Haftanstalt. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Haftanstalt. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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