Gulag

See also: gulag, gúlag, gułag, GULAG, and GUŁag

English

Noun

Gulag (plural Gulags)

1. Alternative letter-case form of gulag

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG): Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːlak/
• Hyphenation: Gu‧lag

• Audio:

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Noun

Gulag m (strong, genitive Gulags or Gulag, plural Gulags)

1. gulag

Declension

Declension of Gulag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gulag	die	Gulags
genitive	eines	des	Gulags, Gulag	der	Gulags
dative	einem	dem	Gulag	den	Gulags
accusative	einen	den	Gulag	die	Gulags

Further reading

• “Gulag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gulag” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Gulag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gulag” in Duden online