"haft" in German haft Griff "haft" German translation Haft {f} imprisonment incarceration durance confinement detention custody Detailed translations for "haft" haft haft(also: snatch, grasp, grip, handle) der Griff{masculine} Either the haft of a knife or the butt of a gun. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Der Griff eines Messers oder ein Gewehrkolben.