Pranger
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Etymology edit
From northern Middle High German pranger (13th c.), derived from *prangen, a West Central German form of phrengen, phrangen (“to force, squeeze, confine”), from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (compare English prong). Not related with prangen, but possibly at some point associated with it.
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Noun edit
Pranger m (strong, genitive Prangers, plural Pranger)
- pillory; any construction to hold someone for public humiliation
- Synonym: Schandpfahl
- 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 edit
Declension of Pranger [masculine, strong]