Hungerharke

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German

Etymology

Hunger +‎ Harke

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Hun‧ger‧har‧ke
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Noun

Hungerharke f (genitive Hungerharke, plural Hungerharken)

  1. (archaic) horse-drawn hay rake
    • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf [The Warwolf]‎:
      Wo die Kriegsvölker geerntet hatten, da zogen die Marodebrüder mit der Hungerharke hinterher und man vernahm alle Tage gräßliche Geschichten von totgequälten und hingemetzelten Frauen, denn was den Unmenschen in die Hände fiel, ob ein siecher Greis oder ein Brustkind, es mußte des Todes sein.
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Proper noun

Hungerharke f (proper noun, genitive Hungerharke)

  1. (humorous) The Luftbrückendenkmal in Berlin Tempelhof.

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