No. 15,126 in German
strafbare
"Punishable"
In a sentence
Dieses Verhalten ist strafbare Fahrlässigkeit.
This behavior constitutes punishable negligence.
The term 'strafbare' is used here as an adjective to describe actions that are legally punishable due to negligence.
Ein strafbare Handlung wurde gemeldet.
A punishable offense has been reported.
In this context, 'strafbare' modifies the word 'Handlung' (action or offense), indicating its legal status as being punishable.
Die Polizei untersucht einen Fall von strafbarem Betrug.
The police are investigating a case of punishable fraud.
In this sentence, 'strafbarem' is the dative singular form, describing the fraud as legally punishable within the grammatical context of the dative case.
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