# der Schembeis

der Schembeis is a German noun meaning “jail”.

## Meanings

1. _slang_ jail, prison
   - Der war in eine Bendine, die war mehr son Schembeis, son Stillepenn, wo de nich rein- und nich rausteilachen konntes. — He lived in a country that was more of a prison, a slammer, that you couldn’t get in and out of.

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