SS-Mann

German

Etymology

From SS +‎ Mann, with SS being the initialism of Schutzstaffel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ˈʔɛs.ˌman/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: SS-‧Mann

Noun

SS-Mann m (strong, genitive SS-Mannes or SS-Manns, plural SS-Männer, feminine SS-Frau)

1. (historical, Nazism) SS man, member of the Schutzstaffel (the internal security force of Nazi Germany)

   Synonym: Staffelmann

   Hypernyms: SS-Angehöriger, SS-Mitglied

Declension

Declension of SS-Mann [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	SS-Mann	die	SS-Männer
genitive	eines	des	SS-Mannes, SS-Manns	der	SS-Männer
dative	einem	dem	SS-Mann, SS-Manne1	den	SS-Männern
accusative	einen	den	SS-Mann	die	SS-Männer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → English: SS man
• → Lithuanian: esesmanas
• → Polish: esesman, SS-man
• → Russian: СС-манн (SS-mann)

See also

• SA-Mann
• SS-Leute
• Waffen-SS-Mann

Further reading

• “SS-Mann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “SS-Mann” in Duden online
• “SS-Mann” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon