Herrenhaus

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German

Ein Herrenhaus
 Herrenhaus (Gebäude) on German Wikipedia

Etymology

Herr (master, lord) +‎ Haus (house)

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Noun

Herrenhaus n (strong, genitive Herrenhauses, plural Herrenhäuser)

  1. manor house
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Das Herrenhaus in Burkahnen war ein ganz altes Gebäude, das ursprünglich keinen Anspruch auf besonderen Stil erheben konnte, aber Dorothees Großeltern hatten es im klassizistischen Geschmack jener Tage neu herrichten lassen.
      The manor house in Burkahnen was a very old building, which originally could not claim a special style, but Dorothee's grandparents had had it renovated in the classicist taste of those days.

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