Kerker

See also: kerker

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kerker, kerkære, karkære, from Old High German karkāri, karkari, karkeri, from Proto-West Germanic *karkarī, from Latin carcer. Doublet of Karzer (“arrest cell, especially at a university”), a later borrowing of the same noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛrkər/, [ˈkɛʁ.kɐ], [ˈkɛɐ̯.kɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Kerker m (strong, genitive Kerkers, plural Kerker)

1. (historical) dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground)

   Synonym: (always underground) Verlies

2. (Austria, archaic) an aggravated form of prison

   Synonym: Zuchthaus

Declension

Declension of Kerker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kerker	die	Kerker
genitive	eines	des	Kerkers	der	Kerker
dative	einem	dem	Kerker	den	Kerkern
accusative	einen	den	Kerker	die	Kerker

Derived terms

• einkerkern
• Kerkerhaft
• Kerkermeister
• Völkerkerker

Further reading

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