Zuchthaus

German

Etymology

Zucht +‎ Haus

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sʊχthaʊ̯s/
Hyphenation: Zucht‧haus
Audio (file)

Noun

Zuchthaus n (genitive Zuchthauses, plural Zuchthäuser)

(historical) an aggravated form of prison with harsher conditions of detention
(dated, informal, loosely) prison

Declension

Declension of Zuchthaus

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Zuchthaus	die	Zuchthäuser
genitive	eines	des	Zuchthauses	der	Zuchthäuser
dative	einem	dem	Zuchthaus, Zuchthause¹	den	Zuchthäusern
accusative	ein	das	Zuchthaus	die	Zuchthäuser

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Zuchthäusler

Further reading

Zuchthaus in Duden online

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