Hörigkeit

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Etymology

hörig (dependent) +‎ -keit. Cognate to Dutch horigheid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhøːʁɪçkaɪ̯t/
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Noun

Hörigkeit f (genitive Hörigkeit, no plural)

  1. serfdom
  2. (by extension) dependence; submission
    • 1928, “Die Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit”, in Bertolt Brecht (lyrics), Kurt Weill (music), Die Dreigroschenoper:
      Der frechste Hund! Der schlimmste Hurentreiber! / Wer kocht ihn ab, der alle abkocht? Weiber. / Ob er will oder nicht—er ist bereit. / Das ist die sexuelle Hörigkeit.
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    • c. 2000, Henning Schmidt-Semisch, Kiffen dürfen reicht nicht oder: Radikale Alternativen in der Drogenpolitik:
      Denn in dem Maße, in dem sich zur Trunksucht andere Formen extremen Drogenkonsums gesellten, wurde Sucht zu einem medizinischen Fachbegriff für alle Arten von Hörigkeit gegenüber körperlich und/oder seelisch abhängig machenden Substanzen.
      To the extent to which other forms of extreme drug use were connected to drunkenness, addiction is a medical term for all types of dependence on physically and/or psychologically addictive substances.

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