Noun
der Hausarrest
Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊs.aˌrɛst/
house arrest (legal punishment)
C2
rank #10,245
plural Hausarreste
Meanings
Noun
- house arrest (legal punishment)
- grounding (children's punishment)
Example sentence
Ich habe Hausarrest.
I'm grounded.
Word forms
singular
der Hausarrest
plural
die Hausarreste
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Hausarrest
Accusativeden Hausarrest
Dativedem Hausarrest
Genitivedes Hausarrestes
Plural
Nominativedie Hausarreste
Accusativedie Hausarreste
Dativeden Hausarresten
Genitiveder Hausarreste
Usage
- unter Hausarrest stehen — to be under house arrest; formal restriction to one's home
- Hausarrest haben — also to be grounded as a child; a separate family-context use
Im Roman ordnete das Gericht für den Beschuldigten Hausarrest an.
In the novel, the court ordered house arrest for the accused man.