Scheiterhaufen — meaning in English

English meaning

• bonfire noun A large outdoor fire, often lit for celebration or to burn unwanted material.
• pyre noun A pile of wood built for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.
• stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.

Senses

Scheiterhaufen is used for these senses in English:

• bonfire A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical) , heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish.
• pyre A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
• stake (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.

Related German words