sitzkrieg
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See also: Sitzkrieg
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: sĭt'skrēg, IPA(key): /ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/
- enPR: zĭt'skrēg, IPA(key): /ˈzɪtskɹiːɡ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtskɹiːɡ
Noun
[edit]sitzkrieg (plural sitzkriegs)
Related terms
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪtskɹiːɡ
- Rhymes:English/ɪtskɹiːɡ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:War
- en:World War II