Inquisition

See also: inquisition

English

Proper noun

Inquisition

1. (historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
2. (by extension) A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates one’s rights.

Derived terms

• Spanish Inquisition

Translations

tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church

• Arabic: مَحَاكِمُ التَّفْتِيش pl f (maḥākimu t-taftīš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗教裁判所 (zōngjiào cáipànsuǒ), 宗教法庭 (zh) (zōngjiào fǎtíng)

• Czech: inkvizice f
• Finnish: inkvisitio (fi)
• French: Inquisition (fr) f
• German: Inquisition (de) f, Glaubensgericht n, Ketzergericht n
• Greek: Ιερά Εξέταση (el) f (Ierá Exétasi)
• Hungarian: inkvizíció (hu)
• Japanese: 異端審問 (いたんしんもん, itanshinmon)
• Latin: Inquisitio f
• Malay: Pasitan
• Persian: انکیزیسیون (ankizision), تفتیش عقاید (taftiš-e 'aqâyed)
• Polish: inkwizycja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Inquisição f
• Russian: инквизи́ция (ru) f (inkvizícija)
• Spanish: Inquisición (es) f
• Turkish: engizisyon (tr)

harsh or rigorous interrogation

• Finnish: inkvisitio (fi)
• Polish: inkwizycja (pl) f
• Russian: инквизи́ция (ru) f (inkvizícija)

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Inquisition f (genitive Inquisition, plural Inquisitionen)

1. Inquisition

Declension

Declension of Inquisition [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Inquisition	die	Inquisitionen
genitive	einer	der	Inquisition	der	Inquisitionen
dative	einer	der	Inquisition	den	Inquisitionen
accusative	eine	die	Inquisition	die	Inquisitionen

Further reading

• “Inquisition” in Duden online
• “Inquisition” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache