Kerker
German, noun
Kerker is spelled K-E-R-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kerker is a German masculine noun meaning “dungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kerker is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gefängnis, Zuchthaus, Justizvollzugsanstalt”.
What does Kerker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedungeon (immured and very austere prison, often underground)
- 2
Austriaarchaicmasculinean aggravated form of prison
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefängnis, Zuchthaus, Justizvollzugsanstalt
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 Kerker
- Kerkers genitive
- Kerkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kerker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kerker in German?
Kerker appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).