Verlies.
dungeon (historic prison in a vault)
Meaning & usage
dungeon (historic prison in a vault)
Gefangene Feinde ließ man in Verliesen unterhalb der Burg verhungern.
an underground prison or place of captivity
Der Entführer hielt sein Opfer in einem eigens gebauten Verlies im Keller seines Hauses.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German verlies (“loss”), cognate with Dutch verlies (“id.”) and German verlieren (“to lose”). Apparently, the original meaning is "place where someone is lost"; possibly a second word (like "place", "hole") has been omitted, although no such compound seems to be attested.
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