Schutzstaffel

EnglishEdit

Troopers of the 1st division of the SS, 1939.

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊts.ʃta.fəl/

NounEdit

Schutzstaffel (plural Schutzstaffeln)

(historical) Squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; Schusta
(historical) The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS.
A division or corps of this force.

TranslationsEdit

the internal security force of Nazi Germany

Azerbaijani: Mühafizə dəstəsi
Belarusian: СС pl (SS)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 親衛隊／亲卫队 (zh) (Qīnwèiduì), 黨衛隊／党卫队 (Dǎngwèiduì)
German: Schutzstaffel (de) f, SS (de) f
Greek: Σούτσσταφφελ m (Soútsstaffel)
Japanese: 親衛隊 (しんえいたい, Shin'eitai)
Korean: 친위대(親衛隊) (ko) (Chinwidae)
Russian: СС (ru) pl (SS)
Ukrainian: СС pl (SS)
Vietnamese: Đội cận vệ (隊近衛)

See alsoEdit

Waffen-SS

Further readingEdit

Schutzstaffel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Schutz +‎ Staffel, literally “protection squadron, defence corps”.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafəl/, [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafl̩]
Audio (file)

NounEdit

Schutzstaffel f (genitive Schutzstaffel, plural Schutzstaffeln)

Schutzstaffel, Schusta
(singular only) Schutzstaffel, SS

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Schutzstaffel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schutzstaffel	die	Schutzstaffeln
genitive	einer	der	Schutzstaffel	der	Schutzstaffeln
dative	einer	der	Schutzstaffel	den	Schutzstaffeln
accusative	eine	die	Schutzstaffel	die	Schutzstaffeln

Derived termsEdit

Schutzstaffelmann

Further readingEdit

“Schutzstaffel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schutzstaffel” in Duden online

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