Feme
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See also: feme
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From northern Middle High German veme, a borrowing from Middle Low German vēme. Cognate with Dutch veem. The further origin is unknown, though a relation with either Fehde (“feud”) or Feind (“enemy”) has been considered.
Pronunciation
Noun
Feme f (genitive Feme, plural Femen)
- (history) Vehmic court (medieval, chiefly Westphalian, special court for capital crimes presided by a local noble or freeman appointed by the king)
- Gegenüber dem Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof befindet sich der Freistuhl, wo im Mittelalter die Feme tagte.
- Across the street from Dortmund central station is the Freistuhl (thingstead), where the Vehmic court used to sit during the Middle Ages.
- (higher register, by comparison) a secret tribunal that orders the assassination of (political) enemies or traitors
- Das Opfer könnte ein der Feme verfallener Angehöriger des organisierten Verbrechens sein.
- The victim might be a member of organized crime who was ordered killed by a secret tribunal.
- (history, by new narrowing) such tribunals among right-wing organisations of the Weimar era
- Wegen seiner Beteiligung an einer Feme in Parchim saß Rudolf Höß vier Jahre im Zuchthaus.
- Rudolf Höss spent four years in jail for his involvement in a right-wing murder plot at Parchim.
Declension
Declension of Feme