Kerker

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German kerker, kerkære, karkære, from Old High German karkāri, karkari, karkeri, from Proto-West Germanic *karkarī, ultimately from Latin carcer. Doublet of Karzer (“arrest cell, especially at a university”), a later borrowing of the same noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛrkər/, [ˈkɛʁ.kɐ], [ˈkɛɐ̯.kɐ] === Noun === Kerker m (strong, genitive Kerkers, plural Kerker) (historical) dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground) Synonym: (always underground) Verlies (Austria, archaic) an aggravated form of prison Synonym: Zuchthaus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Kerker” in Duden online “Kerker”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)