ka-tzetnik

Dutch

Etymology

From Yiddish, (KZ-nik, Kazetnik, Katsetnik, ק. צטניק (k. tstnik)) (Yiddish for inmate of a Nazi concentration camp); derived from the abbreviation KZ (pronounced as Kah-Tzet) for the German word Konzentrationslager by the addition of the suffix -nik of Slavic origin, which approximately corresponds to the English suffix "-er".

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧tzet‧nik

Noun

ka-tzetnik m (plural ka-tzetniks)

1. an inmate of a Nazi concentration camp