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Dutch
Etymology
From lijfeigen (“serf”) + -schap (“-ship, -hood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯f.ɛi̯.ɣə(n)ˌsxɑp/
- Hyphenation: lijf‧ei‧gen‧schap
Noun
lijfeigenschap f (plural lijfeigenschappen)
- the serfhood, slave-like status of serf
Tsaristisch Rusland was het laatste Europese land om de lijfeigenschap af te schaffen.- Tsarist Russia was the last European country to abolish serfhood.