Molotowcocktail

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Etymology

From Molotow (surname of Vyacheslav Molotov) +‎ Cocktail, a calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined during the Winter War (1939/40) and first attested in German in the early 1940s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.lo.tɔfˌkɔk.tɛɪ̯l/, /-teːl/
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Noun

Molotowcocktail m (strong, genitive Molotowcocktails, plural Molotowcocktails)

  1. Molotov cocktail
    Synonyms: Brandflasche f, Benzinbombe f
    • 1943 May 16, Jürgen Stroop, Es gibt keinen jüdischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr („Stroop-Bericht“)‎, page 5:
      Die Betriebsführer hatten in ihren Betrieben so wenig Übersicht, daß es den Juden möglich war, innerhalb dieser Betriebe Kampfmittel aller Art, insbesondere Wurfgranaten und Molotow-Cocktails usw.[,] herzustellen.
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