Noun
die Kriminalität
Pronunciation: /kʁiminaliˈtɛːt/
crime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively)
B2
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Meanings
Noun
- crime (practice or habit of committing crimes; criminal acts collectively)
- criminality, criminalness (state of being criminal)
Example sentence
Armut ist immer noch die Hauptursache von Kriminalität.
Poverty is still the major cause of crime.
Word forms
singular
die Kriminalität
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Kriminalität
Accusativedie Kriminalität
Dativeder Kriminalität
Genitiveder Kriminalität
Kriminalität has no common plural.
Usage
- Kriminalität bekämpfen — combat crime as a social phenomenon
- Kriminalität / ein Verbrechen — criminal activity collectively / one individual crime
Die Studie untersucht die Kriminalität in großen Städten.
The study examines crime in large cities.