# der Leibeigener

der Leibeigener is a German noun meaning “serf”. Forms: des Leibeigenen, die Leibeigene.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Leibeigenen
- Plural: die Leibeigene

## In other languages

- Русский: крепостной, смерд, холоп

## Meanings

1. _European · Middle-Ages_ serf (peasant bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)
2. _in other contexts_ any unfree person, slave, indentured servant

## Examples

- Ich bin ein Leibeigener. — I am a serf.

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