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The formal act of arresting a person and taking them into custody, usually by judicial order. It refers to the beginning of a prison sentence or pretrial detention.
Die Inhaftierung des Verdächtigen erfolgte unmittelbar nach dem Geständnis.
The imprisonment of the suspect took place immediately after the confession.
'Inhaftierung' (imprisonment) is a noun derived from the verb 'inhaftieren' (to imprison). It consists of the parts 'in', 'Haft' (custody/detention), and the ending '-ung', which describes an action or process.
Die Haft ist eine Form des Freiheitsentzugs.
Detention is a form of deprivation of liberty.
This word belongs to formal administrative and legal language. It is found mainly in police reports, news reports, or legal texts.
Der Richter ordnete die sofortige Inhaftierung des Angeklagten an.
The judge ordered the immediate imprisonment of the defendant.
The person who is imprisoned is usually in the genitive after the noun. Alternatively, a construction with 'von' + dative can also be used.
Die Inhaftierung des Betrügers wurde von der Presse gemeldet.
The imprisonment of the fraudster was reported by the press.
custody / imprisonment
'Haft' and 'Inhaftierung' both belong to the area of the police, courts, and deprivation of liberty. The key difference is that 'Haft' describes the state in which someone is being held or is in prison. 'Inhaftierung' describes more the formal act, that is, the moment or process of taking someone into custody. So you can say: after the 'Inhaftierung', a person is in 'Haft'. The words can be confused because they appear in similar news reports or legal texts. In everyday language, 'Haft' often sounds more natural when you mean the situation afterward.
Die Inhaftierung des Verdächtigen erfolgte am frühen Morgen.
The suspect was taken into custody early in the morning.
Nach der Festnahme saß der Mann mehrere Wochen in Haft.
After the arrest, the man spent several weeks in custody.