Bogerschaukel
German
Etymology
Boger + Schaukel, named after SS Oberscharführer Wilhelm Boger (1906–1977).
Noun
Bogerschaukel f (genitive Bogerschaukel, plural Bogerschaukeln)
- (Nazism) a torture method used in the Auschwitz concentration camp, similar to pau-de-arara
- Synonym: Papageienschaukel
Declension
Declension of Bogerschaukel [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Bogerschaukel | die | Bogerschaukeln |
| genitive | einer | der | Bogerschaukel | der | Bogerschaukeln |
| dative | einer | der | Bogerschaukel | den | Bogerschaukeln |
| accusative | eine | die | Bogerschaukel | die | Bogerschaukeln |
Further reading
- Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) “Bogerschaukel”, in Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 105
Papageienschaukel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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