noun#3,246 by frequency
der Staatsanwalt
/ˈʃtaːt͡sˌʔanvalt/
public prosecutor, district attorney
- genitive
- des Staatsanwaltes
- plural
- die Staatsanwälte
- built from
- Staats + Anwalt
Meanings
- 1
public prosecutor (UK), district attorney (US)
Tom war bei diesem Fall der Staatsanwalt.
Tom was the prosecutor in this case.
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Der Staatsanwalt kann nicht beweisen, dass es niemand anderes getan hat.
The prosecuting attorney can't prove that somebody else didn't do it.
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- 2
a state counsel, Crown attorney, and hence any jurist who ex officio has to attain proceedings to uphold legalityrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derStaatsanwalt | dieStaatsanwälte |
| accusative | denStaatsanwalt | dieStaatsanwälte |
| dative | demStaatsanwalt | denStaatsanwälten |
| genitive | desStaatsanwaltes | derStaatsanwälte |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.