Brandstapel in Low German

Pronunciation: /bɾantstɔːpəl/

noun

Syllabication: Brand·sta·pel

Plural: Brandstapels m de Brandstapel

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peripheral vocabulary

used in elevated speech

Low Saxon:

Stapel ut Holt, op den Minschen verbrennt worrn sünd

English:

pyre

used for burning someone at the stake

Dutch:

brandstapel

German:

Scheiterhaufen

Examples:

Vele Hexen kemen op ’n Brandstapel.

image illustrating the submeaning

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: Brand + Stapel

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