 German |
 English |
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| Folterinstrument {n}; Foltergerät {n} | instrument of torture; torture device | |
| Folterinstrumente {pl}; Foltergeräte {pl} | instruments of torture; torture devices | |
| Schandgeige {f} (Folterinstrument) [hist.] | neck violin; shrew's fiddle (torture instrument) | |
| Daumenschraube {f}; Daumenstock {m} [obs.] (Folterinstrument) [hist.] | thumbscrew; thumbkin [obs.]; pillywinks [obs.] (torture instrument) | |
| Daumenschrauben {pl}; Daumenstöcke {pl} | thumbscrews; thumbkins; pillywinkses | |
| Streckbank {f}; Folterbank {f} (Folterinstrument) [hist.] | rack (torture instrument) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "rack"){kind=small} |
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| Streckbänke {pl}; Folterbänke {pl} | racks | |
| jdn. auf die Folterbank / auf die Folter spannen | to put sb. on the rack; to rack sb. |