гауптвахта

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hauptwache (main guardhouse).

Pronunciation

Noun

гауптва́хта (gauptváxtaf inan (genitive гауптва́хты, nominative plural гауптва́хты, genitive plural гауптва́хт)

  1. (military) a stockade (prison)
    Synonym: губа́ (gubá)
  2. (military) detention in a stockade as a punishment
    Synonym: губа́ (gubá)
    сажа́ть or отправля́ть на гауптва́хтуsažátʹ or otpravljátʹ na gauptváxtuto confine to stockade
  3. (military, dated) a guardhouse with an area for line-up of guards
  4. (military, dated) a chief guard of a city or a garrison

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