stalag
[ stal-uhg; German shtah-lahk ]
noun
a World War II German military camp housing prisoners of war of enlisted ranks.
Origin of stalag
1First recorded in 1940–45; from German, short for Sta(mm)lag(er), equivalent to Stamm “cadre, main body” + Lager “camp”
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British Dictionary definitions for stalag
stalag
/ (ˈstælæɡ, German ˈʃtalak) /
noun
a German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, esp for noncommissioned officers and other ranks
Origin of stalag
1short for Stammlager base camp, from Stamm base (related to stem 1) + Lager camp
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