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Pranger
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German
de:
Alternative forms
de Brangel Branger Pfrange Pfranger Pfrenger Prange obsolete
Etymology
From northern de gmh pranger (13th c.), derived from gmh *prangen, a West Central German form of gmh phrengen, gmh phrangen to force, squeeze, confine, from de gem-pro *pranganą (compare en prong). Not related with de prangen, but possibly at some point associated with it.
Pronunciation
de /ˈpraŋər/ [ˈpʁa.ŋɐ]
de De-Pranger.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation
1904, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Was die Heimat erzählt, Arwed Strauch, page 197:
de 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
m
Synonyms
de Schandbühne
de Schandpfahl
Derived terms
de am Pranger
de an den Pranger stellen
de anprangern
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