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der Gewahrsam

B2 Noun frequency rank #8,519

What Gewahrsam means

Noun

  1. custody (effective control of a physical object, possessio naturalis)
  2. custody of a person (control of a person to avert danger to them or others)
  3. detention center

Forms

der Gewahrsam · die Gewahrsame

Plural: Gewahrsame

Pronunciation

Gewahrsam in a sentence

Wir haben einen Verdächtigen in Gewahrsam.

We've got a suspect in custody.

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Gewahrsam is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #8,519 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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