Schutzmacht

German

Etymology

From Schutz (“protection”) +‎ Macht (“power, force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊt͡sˌmaxt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Schutz‧macht

Noun

Schutzmacht f (genitive Schutzmacht, plural Schutzmächte)

1. (politics, military) protector (country protecting another or exercising a protectorate over some territory)
2. (hence euphemistic) occupier, occupation force

Usage notes

• Until 1990, the four occupation powers were often referred to as Schutzmächte alongside the term Besatzungsmächte. Such usage was particularly common in West Berlin, where the population did indeed feel protected by the military presence.

Declension

Declension of Schutzmacht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schutzmacht	die	Schutzmächte
genitive	einer	der	Schutzmacht	der	Schutzmächte
dative	einer	der	Schutzmacht	den	Schutzmächten
accusative	eine	die	Schutzmacht	die	Schutzmächte

See also

• Schutzgebiet, Schutzstaat, Protektorat