Feminine

Leibeigenschaft

Meaning

  1. (European, Middle-Ages, especially, feminine, no-plural) serfdom (a peasant's being bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)
  2. (broadly, feminine, no-plural) unfreeness, any form of bondage or slavery

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlaɪ̯pˌaɪ̯ɡənʃaft/
Etymology

From leibeigen + -schaft.

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