# die Feme

die Feme is a German noun meaning “Vehmic court”. Forms: der Feme, die Femen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Feme
- Plural: die Femen

## Meanings

1. Vehmic court (medieval, chiefly Westphalian, special court for capital crimes presided by a local noble or freeman appointed by the king)
   - Gegenüber dem Dortmunder Hauptbahnhof befindet sich der Freistuhl, wo im Mittelalter die Feme tagte. — Across the street from Dortmund central station is the Freistuhl (thingstead), where the Vehmic court used to sit during the Middle Ages.
2. a secret tribunal that orders the assassination of (political) enemies or traitors
   - Das Opfer könnte ein der Feme verfallener Angehöriger des organisierten Verbrechens sein. — The victim might be a member of organized crime who was ordered killed by a secret tribunal.
3. such tribunals among right-wing organisations of the Weimar era
   - Wegen seiner Beteiligung an einer Feme in Parchim saß Rudolf Höß vier Jahre im Zuchthaus. — Rudolf Höss spent four years in jail for his involvement in a right-wing murder plot at Parchim.

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