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Brandschatz
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German
Etymology
Compound de Brand conflagration, arson schatz treasure. Attested in Middle High German as brantschaz.
Noun
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the exaction of tribute from a city under the threat of setting fire to it; sum paid by a city in wartime to avoid looting and pillaging (Grimm: exactio tributi sub incendii comminatione)
de Brandschatzung<g:f> Brandschatzen<g:n>
Declension
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Synonyms
de Brennschatz m
Derived terms
de brandschatzen (verb)
de Brandschatzen n