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Kriminalität: crime — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

DictionaryKriminalität

Quality-approved learning entrynounLevel B2

Kriminalität

crime

crime considered collectively as a social phenomenon or level of illegal activity

IPA/kʁiminaːliˈtɛːt/

Primary stress falls on tät.

Meaning 1neutral · 92%

crime considered collectively as a social phenomenon or level of illegal activity

Die Kriminalität ist in mehreren Stadtteilen deutlich zurückgegangen.

Die Studie untersucht mögliche Zusammenhänge zwischen Armut und Kriminalität.

Viele Bewohner machen sich Sorgen über zunehmende Kriminalität.

Use Kriminalität for the overall phenomenon or rate; use Verbrechen or Straftat for individual offenses.

Kriminalität is uncountable and describes crime collectively. For one offense, choose eine Straftat or ein Verbrechen.

Choose one answer.

Which word best fits an overall crime rate?

An abstract mass noun referring to crime as a social phenomenon or to the amount of criminal activity in an area or period.