Pranger

German

Alternative forms
  • Brangel, Branger, Pfrange, Pfranger, Pfrenger, Prange (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpraŋər/, [ˈpʁa.ŋɐ]
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Noun

Pranger m (strong, genitive Prangers, plural Pranger)

  1. 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
Declension of Pranger [masculine, strong]
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

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Pranger” in Duden online
  • “Pranger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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