Arrest

See also: arrest

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin arrestum, apparently a borrowing from Old French arest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʁɛst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: Ar‧rest

Noun

Arrest m (strong, genitive Arrestes or Arrests, plural Arreste)

1. arrest, confinement, detention

Declension

Declension of Arrest [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Arrest	die	Arreste
genitive	eines	des	Arrestes, Arrests	der	Arreste
dative	einem	dem	Arrest, Arreste1	den	Arresten
accusative	einen	den	Arrest	die	Arreste

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Freizeitarrest
• Hausarrest

Related terms

• Arrestant

Further reading

• Arrest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Arrest” in Duden online