Pranger

German

Noun

Pranger m (genitive Prangers, plural Pranger)

  1. pillory
    • 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
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

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