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slave

/sleɪv/

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noun

Sklave, Leibeigener

A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

Examples :

"In the 1800s, many people were enslaved and forced to work on plantations. "

Im 19. Jahrhundert wurden viele Menschen versklavt und mussten auf Plantagen arbeiten.

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noun

Sklave, Knecht

A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

Examples :

"The young man was a slave to his studies, spending every evening poring over textbooks to get good grades. "

Der junge Mann war ein Sklave seiner Studien und verbrachte jeden Abend damit, über Lehrbücher zu brüten, um gute Noten zu bekommen.

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noun

Sklave, Knecht

An abject person.

Examples :

"The student felt like a slave to his endless homework assignments. "

Der Schüler fühlte sich wie ein Sklave seiner endlosen Hausaufgaben.

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noun

Sklave, Knecht

One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).

Examples :

"a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition"

Ein Sklave der Leidenschaft, starker Getränke oder des Ehrgeizes.

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noun

Sklave, Untertan

(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

Examples :

"In their BDSM relationship, Anya was the slave, willingly taking orders from her master, Mark. "

In ihrer BDSM-Beziehung war Anya die Sklavin, die willig Befehle von ihrem Meister Mark entgegennahm.

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noun

Sexsklave, Zwangsprostituierte

A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

Examples :

"The traffickers forced the young woman to be a slave, making her perform sexual acts repeatedly. "

Die Menschenhändler zwangen die junge Frau, eine Sexsklavin zu sein, und zwangen sie wiederholt zu sexuellen Handlungen.

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Ein Gerät (z.B. ein zweiter Blitz oder eine Festplatte), das der Kontrolle eines anderen (eines Masters) unterliegt.

A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

Examples :

"The main computer is the master, and the external hard drive is its slave. "

Der Hauptcomputer ist der Master, und die externe Festplatte ist sein Slave.

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verb

Versklaven, zu Sklaven machen

To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

Examples :

"The dictator tried to slave the people, forcing them to work long hours on state projects. "

Der Diktator versuchte, das Volk zu versklaven und zwang es, lange Stunden an staatlichen Projekten zu arbeiten.

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verb

Schuften, hart arbeiten

Examples :

"I was slaving all day over a hot stove."

Ich habe den ganzen Tag über einem heißen Herd geschuftet.

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verb

Ein Gerät unter die Kontrolle eines anderen stellen

To place a device under the control of another.

Examples :

"to slave a hard disk"

eine Festplatte unter die Kontrolle stellen

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