how to pronounce festnehmen

/ˈfɛstˌneːmən/

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festnehmen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of festnehmen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… jemanden dafür festnehmen oder so was …”

meanings of festnehmen

verb:

To arrest (take into legal custody).

festnehmen frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word festnehmen occurs in german on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.