# leibeigen

leibeigen is a German adjective meaning “in serfdom”.

## In other languages

- Русский: истор. крепостной

## Meanings

1. _European · Middle-Ages_ in serfdom (of a peasant: bound to his lord's land and required to work for him)
2. _in other contexts_ unfree, subject to any form of bondage or slavery
3. _historical · oftmals über Bauern_ adscript
   - Kurz vor seiner Hochzeit erhielt Puschkin von seinem Vater das von leibeigenen Bauern bewohnte Dorf Boldino als Geschenk.

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