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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hauptwache (“main guardhouse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
гауптва́хта • (gauptváxta) f inan (genitive гауптва́хты, nominative plural гауптва́хты, genitive plural гауптва́хт)
- (military) a stockade (prison)
- Synonym: губа́ (gubá)
- (military) detention in a stockade as a punishment
- Synonym: губа́ (gubá)
- сажа́ть or отправля́ть на гауптва́хту ― sažátʹ or otpravljátʹ na gauptváxtu ― to confine to stockade
- (military, dated) a guardhouse with an area for line-up of guards
- (military, dated) a chief guard of a city or a garrison
Declension