Kittchen

German

Etymology

From a criminal slang word for “house”, which is derived from Middle Low German kōte, whence also German Kate (hut). The form Kittchen, though formally a diminutive, is likely to be explained by conflation with unrelated Middle High German kīche (jail).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪtçən/
  • (file)

Noun

Kittchen n (strong, genitive Kittchens, plural Kittchen)

  1. (informal) jail, gaol
    Synonyms: Bau, Knast
    • 1905, Otto Julius Bierbaum, Das höllische Automobil:
      Wir, die wir nicht so tugendhaft und stäte sind, sondern immer tapfer und resolut auf Taten ausziehen, für die man früher geadelt wurde, jetzt aber ins Kittchen gesperrt wird — wir müssen immer die Ohren steif und die Augen offen halten.
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Declension

Further reading

  • Kittchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Derived from German Kittchen

Noun

Kittchen m (uncountable)

  1. (slang) nick, jail
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