Scherge

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German scherge, from Old High German skerio (“troop leader”), from Old High German scara (“troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛʁɡə/
  • Hyphenation: Scher‧ge
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Noun

Scherge m (weak, genitive Schergen, plural Schergen, feminine Schergin)

  1. henchman
    • 1799, Friedrich Schiller, Wallensteins Tod [Wallenstein's Death] (Wallenstein trilogy)‎:
      Der freie Mann, der mächtige allein / Gehorcht dem schönen menschlichen Gefühl. / Wir aber sind nur Schergen des Gesetzes, / Des grausamen; Gehorsam heißt die Tugend, […]
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    • 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Disputation”, in Romanzero‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Er erzählte: wie der Herr / Vor den Schergen des Herodes / Nach Ägypten floh, und später / Litt die herbe Pein des Todes
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  2. (archaic) Synonym of Gerichtsdiener

Declension

Declension of Scherge
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Scherge die Schergen
genitive eines des Schergen der Schergen
dative einem dem Schergen den Schergen
accusative einen den Schergen die Schergen

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