Konzentrationslager

German

Alternative forms

KZ (short form)
KL (obsolete short from)

Etymology

From Konzentration (“concentration”) +‎ -s- +‎ Lager (“camp”), a calque of English concentration camp.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.tsɛn.tʁaˈtsi̯oːn(t)sˌlaːɡɐ/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Kon‧zen‧t‧ra‧ti‧ons‧la‧ger

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

concentration camp

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

→ Hebrew: מַחֲנֵה רִכּוּז‎ (makhané rikúz) (calque)

Further reading

“Konzentrationslager” in Duden online
“Konzentrationslager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Konzentrationslager on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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