# der Brandschatz

der Brandschatz is a German noun meaning “the exaction of tribute from a city under the threat of setting fire to it; sum paid by a city in wartime to avoid looting and pillaging (Grimm: exactio tributi sub incendii comminatione)”. Forms: des Brandschatzes, die Brandschätze.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Brandschatzes
- Plural: die Brandschätze

## Meanings

1. the exaction of tribute from a city under the threat of setting fire to it; sum paid by a city in wartime to avoid looting and pillaging

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