# die Leibeigenschaft

die Leibeigenschaft is a German noun meaning “serfdom”. Forms: der Leibeigenschaft.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Leibeigenschaft

## In other languages

- Русский: истор. крепостное право, крепостной строй

## Meanings

1. _European · Middle-Ages · no plural_ serfdom (a peasant's being bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)
2. _no plural · in other contexts_ unfreeness, any form of bondage or slavery

## Examples

- Wann wurde die Leibeigenschaft in Russland abgeschafft? — When was serfdom abolished in Russia?

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