# das Otterngezücht

das Otterngezücht is a German noun meaning “brood of vipers”. Forms: des Otterngezüchtes, die Otterngezüchte.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Otterngezüchtes
- Plural: die Otterngezüchte

## Meanings

1. brood of vipers; generation of vipers; address used by Jesus for the Pharisees and Sadducees (three times in Matthew), and by John the Baptist for the unregenerate Jews (Luke 3:7)
   - Ihr Schlangen und Otterngezücht, wie wollt ihr der höllischen Verdammnis entrinnen? — Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? (Matthew 23:33)

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