Karzer
German, noun/ˈkaʁt͡sɐ/
Karzer is spelled K-A-R-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karzer is a German masculine noun meaning “a type of detention cell in German universities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Arrestraum an Universitäten, Gymnasien und anderen Schulen sowie in Heimen”.
What does Karzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of detention cell in German universities
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Arrestraum an Universitäten, Gymnasien und anderen Schulen sowie in Heimen 2. Haftstrafe an Universitäten und Schulen 3. Staatsgefängnis im alten Rom
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Karzer
- Karzers genitive
- Karzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Karzer?
- /ˈkaʁt͡sɐ/
- [ˈkaʁt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Karzer in German?
Karzer appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).