Wehrkraftzersetzer
German
editEtymology
editFrom Wehr (“defence, defense (i.e., military, national, selective)”) + Kraft (“force”) + Zersetzer (“underminer”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWehrkraftzersetzer m (strong, genitive Wehrkraftzersetzers, plural Wehrkraftzersetzer, feminine Wehrkraftzersetzerin)
- (Nazism) A person found guilty of undermining military force (undermining of military morale; a sedition offence in German military law during the Nazi Germany era from 1938 to 1945) (male or of unspecified gender).
Declension
editDeclension of Wehrkraftzersetzer [masculine, strong]
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Wehrkraftzersetzer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–