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Geiselhaft
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German
Etymology
From de Geisel hostage Haft captivity. The latter word retains its broader sense here, having otherwise become widely restricted to “legal arrest, imprisonment”.
Pronunciation
de De-Geiselhaft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f,en[rare]
captivity as a hostage