Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sippenhaft

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sip-pen-haft
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The principle of a family sharing the responsibility for a crime committed by one of its members.

Uncountable

Etymology

From German Sippenhaft (“kin liability”), from Sippe + Haft.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Sippe
Root: Sippenhaft
Suffix: Haft

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Sippenhaftung

Questions

What does sippenhaft mean?: The principle of a family sharing the responsibility for a crime committed by one of its members.
Where does sippenhaft come from?: It is traced to German.

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