Masculine
Knast
- (informal, masculine, strong) jail, the nick, the slammer
- (Eastern, Germany, colloquial, masculine, strong) hunger
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knast/
Etymology
Through Rotwelsch (thieves’ cant) from Yiddish קנס (knas, “a fine”), from Hebrew קְנָס (qənās, “a fine”).
prison sentence
police cell
custodial sentence
Strafanstalt
Haftanstalt
Haftort
Vollzugsanstalt
Schwedische Gardinen
Hafthaus
Polizeizelle
Untersuchungsgefängnis
prigione
taule
φυλακή
bak
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