Pranger

German

Alternative forms

• Brangel, Branger, Pfrange, Pfranger, Pfrenger, Prange (obsolete)

Etymology

From northern Middle High German pranger (13th c.), derived from *prangen, a West Central German form of phrengen, phrangen (“to force, squeeze, confine”), from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (compare English prong). Not related with prangen, but possibly at some point associated with it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraŋər/, [ˈpʁa.ŋɐ]

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Noun

Pranger m (strong, genitive Prangers, plural Pranger)

1. pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation

   Synonym: Schandpfahl

   • 1904, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Was die Heimat erzählt, Arwed Strauch, page 197:

     Wer am Pranger stand, der konnte von jedermann verhöhnt, verlacht, verspottet, ja mit Schmutz und Kot beworfen werden.

     Who stood at the pillory could be scoffed, ridiculed, mocked by everyone, even be thrown at with dirt and excrements.

Declension

Declension of Pranger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pranger	die	Pranger
genitive	eines	des	Prangers	der	Pranger
dative	einem	dem	Pranger	den	Prangern
accusative	einen	den	Pranger	die	Pranger

Derived terms

• am Pranger
• an den Pranger stellen
• anprangern

Further reading

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