🇬🇧 en de 🇩🇪

punishment noun

  /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/
  • The act (action) or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent or teacher), especially when disappointed or dissatisfied with the behavior or actions of a child, student, or someone else being looked after.
Strafe, Bestrafung
  • A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime.
Bestrafung, Strafe

punish verb

  /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • (transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
bestrafen, strafen

punishable adjective

  • Subject to punishment; appropriate for punishment.
strafbar

punishability noun

  • The characteristic of being punishable; the ability to be punished.
Strafbarkeit

punisher noun

  • One who punishes.
Bestrafer, Bestraferin

punishing adjective

  /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/
strafend
Wiktionary Links