nounnot in the study set
das Schwurgericht
/ˈʃvuːʁɡəˌʁɪçt/
a criminal court made up of professional judges and lay judges
- genitive
- des Schwurgerichtes
- plural
- die Schwurgerichte
- built from
- Schwur + Gericht
Meanings
- 1
a criminal court made up of professional judges and lay judges — in Germany, three professional and two lay judges, so-called Schöffen
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasSchwurgericht | dieSchwurgerichte |
| accusative | dasSchwurgericht | dieSchwurgerichte |
| dative | demSchwurgericht | denSchwurgerichten |
| genitive | desSchwurgerichtes | derSchwurgerichte |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.