| Englisch > Deutsch | |
| jail | |
| 1. Substantiv: | |
| 2. [1] das Gefängnis | |
| [1] I have never been in jail. | |
| Ich bin nie im Gefängnis gewesen. | |
| 3. Verb: | |
| 4. [1] (transitiv) jemanden einsperren | |
| Englisch > Englisch | |
| jail | |
| 1. subst. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. |  |
| 2. subst. Confinement in a jail. |  |
| 3. subst. (horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days). |  |
| 4. subst. In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined. |  |
| 5. subst. (computing, FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance. |  |
| 6. v. To imprison. |  |
| Deutsch > Englisch | |
| Gefängnis | |
| 1. n-n. prison, jail (building) |  |
| im Gefängnis sitzen. - to be in jail. |  |
| 2. n-n. prison sentence |  |
| zehn Jahre Gefängnis bekommen. - to be sentenced to 10 years in prison. |  |