Nomen

die Kammer

chamber, small room, house of parliament, ventricle/atrium

Er schloss die Tür zur Kammer.

He closed the door to the chamber.

Die zweite Kammer des Parlaments stimmt ab.

The second chamber of parliament is voting.

Die linke Kammer des Herzens ist stark.

The left chamber of the heart is strong.

((in+dat)) in the ... The representatives are sitting in the chamber.

Synonyms: Zimmer, Raum; Antonyms: Saal (hall).

From Old High German 'kamara', from Latin 'camera' (vault, arched room), sharing its origin with the English word 'camera'.

Imagine a 'camera obscura', which was literally a dark 'chamber'. This helps link the German word to its English cognate.

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