Was heißt »Knast« auf Englisch?

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

  • custodial sentence
  • detention
  • imprisonment
  • prison sentence

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Bis du aus dem Knast raus bist, ist sie wahrscheinlich schon verheiratet.

By the time you get out of jail, she'll probably have gotten married.

Am Ende landete er im Knast.

In the end, he landed in jail.

Tom saß wegen bewaffneten Überfalls im Knast.

Tom did time for armed robbery.

Er ist im Knast.

He's in the joint.

Ich halte es für höchst unwahrscheinlich, dass es uns gelingen wird, aus diesem Knast auszubrechen.

I think it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to escape from this prison.

Du warst im Knast, oder?

You've done time, haven't you?

Tom ist noch im Knast.

Tom is still in jail.

Tom sitzt im Knast fest, weil er sich die Kaution nicht leisten kann.

Tom is stuck in jail because he can't afford bail.

Tom ist aus dem Knast abgehauen, nachdem er drei Jahre gesessen hatte.

Tom escaped from prison after serving three years.

Tom ist jetzt zurück im Knast.

Tom is now back in jail.

Synonyme

Bau:
construction
Bun­ker:
bunker
shelter
Ge­fäng­nis:
jail
penitentiary
prison
Haft­an­stalt:
detention centre
gaol
jail
Kahn:
flat-bottomed boat
Ker­ker:
dungeon
Kis­te:
box
coffer
Kitt­chen:
clink
Loch:
hole
Straf­an­stalt:
penal institution
penitentiary
prison
Voll­zugs­an­stalt:
penal institution
Zucht­haus:
penitentiary
prison

Sinnverwandte Wörter

Ar­rest:
confinement
Haft:
arrest
confinement
custody

Antonyme

Aus­bruch:
escape
Ent­las­sung:
discharge
dismissal
release

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The joy was indescribably great when Tom was released from political imprisonment.

  • Is imprisonment a fitting punishment for this crime?

  • De Caro is serving a seven-year prison sentence in Italy for stealing about 4,000 ancient books and manuscripts from Italian libraries and private collections.

  • Actual life imprisonment can only be imposed because of a malicious violent crime.

  • Galileo was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1633. Because of his age and poor health, he was allowed to serve his imprisonment under house arrest.

  • Three were sentenced to life imprisonment.

  • Tom is now serving a 150-year prison sentence.

  • Tom was given a 20-week prison sentence.

  • He forgot to bring his homework, so he got detention.

  • No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

  • The judge sentenced him to one year's imprisonment.

  • Having been convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Be­stra­fung:
penalisation
penalty
punishment
Ge­fäng­nis­stra­fe:
jail term
prison term
Stra­fe:
penalty
punishment

Knast übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Knast. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Knast. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 957310, 957311, 1514490, 1755545, 3016524, 3853866, 3932926, 7071165, 12113169, 12299399, 9594279, 8974679, 6990470, 6006562, 3958841, 3755189, 3402138, 1495938, 800851, 554659, 282740 & 244935. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR