Haft
German
Etymology
From Old High German hafta
The German word Haft is the continuation of
- Middle High German haft f (“imprisonment”)
- Middle High German haft m (“captive, imprisonment, chain”)
- the adjective haft, see -haft[1]
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
- Einzelhaft
- Haftbefehl
- Haftbeschwerde
References
- Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Haft”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
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