Stalag

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German

Etymology

Clipping of Stammlager.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Sta‧lag

Noun

Stalag n (strong, genitive Stalags, plural Stalags)

  1. (historical) Clipping of Stammlager (prison camp); stalag
    • 2013, Rolf Keller, Silke Petry, Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene im Arbeitseinsatz 1941-1945: Dokumente zu den Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen in Norddeutschland, Wallstein Verlag, →ISBN, page 17:
      Zum 1. Dezember 1941 übernahm das Stalag XI A Altengrabow die Arbeitskommandos des Stalag XI C Bergen-Belsen und das Stalag XI B Fallingbostel diejenigen des Stalag XI D Oerbke.
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