Panzer
See also: panzer
English edit
Noun edit
Panzer (plural Panzers)
- Alternative letter-case form of panzer
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German panzer, panzier, from Old French panciere (“coat of mail to protect the belly”), from pance (“paunch, belly”) (compare Medieval Latin panceria, pancerium), from Latin pantex (“paunch, belly”). See also Pansen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Panzer m (strong, genitive Panzers, plural Panzer)
- (military) armour, armour plating, shield
- Synonym: Panzerung
- (military) tank, ellipsis of Panzerkampfwagen (“armored combat vehicle”)
- Synonym: (archaic) Tank
- (historical) suit of armour
- (zoology) shell, carapace
- (figurative) shield, protection
- 1913, Bernhard Kellermann, Der Tunnel[1], Berlin: S. Fischer, pages 56–57:
- Er hätte ja seine Idee langsam abbrennen können, aber er hatte sie absichtlich wie eine Kartätsche gegen seine Zuhörerschaft abgeschossen, um diesen Panzer einer scheinbaren Indifferenz, die jeden Redner hätte entmutigen können, diesen Panzer aus Phlegma, Schulung, Ermattung, Berechnung und Abwehr auf einen Schlag zu sprengen.
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Declension edit
Declension of Panzer [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
(shell, carapace):
(armor, shield):
(tank):
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Dutch: pantser
- Danish: panser
- English: panzer
- Hungarian: páncél
- Norwegian Bokmål: panser
- Norwegian Nynorsk: panser
- Polish: pancerz
- Russian: панцирь (pancirʹ)
- Turkish: panzer
Further reading edit
- “Panzer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Panzer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Panzer” in Duden online
- Panzer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de