Wehrkraftzersetzer
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Wehr (“defence, defense (i.e., military, national, selective)”) + Kraft (“force”) + Zersetzer (“underminer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wehrkraftzersetzer 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
[edit]Declension of Wehrkraftzersetzer [masculine, strong]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Wehrkraftzersetzer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–