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German
Etymology
From Vernichtung (“annihilation”) + -s- + Lager (“camp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ferˈnɪçtʊŋsˌlaːɡər/, ,
- Hyphenation: Ver‧nich‧tungs‧la‧ger
Noun
Vernichtungslager n (strong, genitive Vernichtungslagers, plural Vernichtungslager)
- death camp, extermination camp
- Synonym: (less common) Todeslager
Treblinka war ein Vernichtungslager der Nationalsozialisten, in dem über 700.000 Juden ermordet wurden.- Treblinka was a Nazi extermination camp in which more than 700,000 Jews were murdered.
2002, Ernst Feuerbaum, Ein Leben in verschiedenen Welten – ohne Vorurteile, page 18:Noch 1951 wurden verbliebene Deutsche in Stalins Vernichtungslager deportiert, nach Karaganda oder sonstwo in Kasachstan, wie ich später von einem rotarischen Freund erfuhr.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2010, Christa Pöppelmann, Irrtümer der Allgemeinbildung XXL. Unglaublich aber wahr, page 116 (paragraph title "Lenin war der Theoretiker des Bolschewismus, Stalin der Gewaltherrscher"):
Declension
Declension of Vernichtungslager
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