der Tatort

crime scene

Tat act, deed + ort place, location
noun · singular masculine Rare #34,659
crime scene Also the title of a long-running German crime TV series, but in these sentences it means the place where a crime happened.
GE: Die Polizei untersucht den Tatort.
EN: The police are investigating the crime scene.

Wir dürfen nicht den Tatort fotografieren.

We are not allowed to photograph the crime scene.

— Girls' Night Out (2017)

Das ist mein Tatort.

This is my crime scene.

— The Rip (2026)

Tatort war das Yangji Teehaus.

The crime scene was the Yangji Tea House.

— Memories of Murder (2003)

Leite deinen Tatort, aber keine Ahnung, was du machst.

You're running your crime scene, but you have no idea what you're doing.

— The Rip (2026)

Also lasst die Finger von Leiche und Tatort und alles wird gut.

So keep your hands off the body and the crime scene, and everything will be fine.

— Girls' Night Out (2017)

Der Täter kehrt immer wieder an seinen Tatort zurück.

The perpetrator keeps returning to the scene of his crime.

— Memories of Murder (2003)

Also keine Ahnung, wie ich hier vernünftig den Tatort untersuchen soll.

So I have no idea how I'm supposed to properly investigate the crime scene here.

— Memories of Murder (2003)