🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

der Angeklagte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deɐ ˈaŋəˌklaɡtə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accused/əˈkjuːzd/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Angeklagte wurde freigesprochen."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is charged with a crime in a court of law.

    "The accused maintained their innocence throughout the trial."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense of accuse; to have charged someone with a crime or wrongdoing.

    "She accused him of stealing her idea."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'accused' originates from the Latin 'accusare', meaning 'to call to account'. It evolved through Old French 'acuser' before entering Middle English, where it retained its legal connotation of being charged with a crime.

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