Prohibition

See also: prohibition

English

Proper noun

Prohibition

1. (historical) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal,
2. (Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Translations

period

• Arabic: مَنْع اَلْكُحُول‎ m (manʿ al-kuḥūl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁酒令 (zh) (jìnjiǔlìng), 禁酒 (zh) (jìnjiǔ)

• Finnish: kieltolain aika
• French: Prohibition f
• German: Alkoholprohibition f, Prohibition (de) f

• Hungarian: szesztilalom
• Japanese: 禁酒令 (きんしゅれい, kinshurei), 禁酒 (きんしゅ, kinshu)
• Korean: 금주법 (geumjubeop) (禁酒法)
• Polish: prohibicja (pl) f
• Russian: сухо́й зако́н (ru) m (suxój zakón)

66th sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سورة التحريم‎
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁戒章 (Jìnjìezhāng)

• Japanese: 禁止 (ja) (きんし, Kinshi)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Prohibition f (genitive Prohibition, plural Prohibitionen)

1. prohibition of alcohol / drugs
2. (historical) Prohibition

Declension

Declension of Prohibition

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Prohibition	die	Prohibitionen
genitive	einer	der	Prohibition	der	Prohibitionen
dative	einer	der	Prohibition	den	Prohibitionen
accusative	eine	die	Prohibition	die	Prohibitionen

Further reading

• Prohibition in Duden online