Mördergrube

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German

Etymology

Mörder +‎ Grube.

Noun

Mördergrube f (genitive Mördergrube, plural Mördergruben)

  1. "pit of murderers"; den of thieves
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Matthew 21:12-13 (with KJV translation)
      Und Jesus ging zum Tempel Gottes hinein und trieb heraus alle Verkäufer und Käufer im Tempel und stieß um der Wechsler Tische und die Stühle der Taubenkrämer, und sprach zu ihnen: Es steht geschrieben: "Mein Haus soll ein Bethaus heißen"; ihr aber habt eine Mördergrube daraus gemacht.
      And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Declension

Declension of Mördergrube
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mördergrube die Mördergruben
genitive einer der Mördergrube der Mördergruben
dative einer der Mördergrube den Mördergruben
accusative eine die Mördergrube die Mördergruben

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