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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
Noun
Kittchen n (strong, genitive Kittchens, plural Kittchen)
- (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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Kittchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Derived from German Kittchen
Noun
Kittchen m (uncountable)
- (slang) nick, jail