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Kerker

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nounarchaicmasculine
  1. dungeonimmured and very austere prison, often underground
  2. an aggravated form of prison

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeKerkerKerker
genitiveKerkersKerker
dativeKerkerKerkern
accusativeKerkerKerker

Used in the library

  • Am Ende des ersten Teils von Faust wartet Gretchen im Kerker auf den Henker.At the end of the first part of Faust, Gretchen waits in the dungeon for the executioner.B2Noch einmal, bitte (27) — Once more, please (27) (B2)
  • Den berühmtesten Brief, den ein Bürgermeister 1628 aus dem Kerker an seine Tochter schrieb, bewahrt die staatliche Bibliothek auf.The most famous letter, which a mayor wrote to his daughter from the dungeon in 1628, is kept by the state library.B2Noch einmal, bitte (29) — Once more, please (29) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • Verliesdungeon (historic prison in a vault); an underground prison or place of captivity
  • Zuchthausan aggravated form of prison with harsher conditions of detention; prison

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