"The police caught the thief by the collar." in German

Summary

The German translation for “The police caught the thief by the collar.” is Die Polizei packte den Dieb am Kragen.. The German, Die Polizei packte den Dieb am Kragen., can be broken down into 7 parts:"the (feminine)" (die), "police" (Polizei), "caught" (packte), "the" (den), "thief" (Dieb), "at the" (am) and "collar" (Kragen).