Geiselhaft

German

Etymology

From Geisel (“hostage”) +‎ Haft (“captivity”). The latter word retains its broader sense here, having otherwise become widely restricted to “legal arrest, imprisonment”.

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Noun

Geiselhaft f (genitive Geiselhaft, plural (rare) Geiselhaften)

  1. captivity as a hostage
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