English-German translations for servitude

• Knechtschaft die
  Die Menschen in Russland haben gelernt, stolz zu denken, obwohl sie in kläglicher Knechtschaft leben. People in Russia have learned to think proudly but live in miserable servitude.
  Die Politik kann dadurch die richtige Antwort geben, um endlich die Ketten der Knechtschaft durch den Finanzsektor zu sprengen. Politics could then provide the right answer that would once and for all free us from the chains of servitude to the financial sector.
  Paradoxerweise begibt sich das Volk von Macau genau in dem Moment wieder in die Knechtschaft, in dem das Volk von Osttimor seine Unabhängigkeit erlangt. It is ironic that just when the people of Timor are gaining independence, the people of Macao are returning to servitude.
• Servitut

Definition of servitude

• The state of being a slave; slavery
• A qualified beneficial interest severed or fragmented from the ownership of an inferior property and attached to a superior property or to some person other than the owner; the most common form is an easement
• Servants collectively

Related words

• servitor
• servitresse
• voluntary servitude
• praedial servitude