Schutzstaffel

English
Troopers of the 1st division of the SS, 1939.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schutzstaffel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʊts.stæ.fəl/

Noun

Schutzstaffel (plural Schutzstaffeln)

  1. (historical) Squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte of the German Empire; Schusta.
  2. (historical) The internal security force of Nazi Germany; the SS.
  3. A division or corps of this force.

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German

Etymology

From Schutz +‎ Staffel, literally “protection squadron, defence corps”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafəl/, [ˈʃʊt͡sˌʃtafl̩]
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Noun

Schutzstaffel f (genitive Schutzstaffel, plural Schutzstaffeln)

  1. Schutzstaffel, Schusta
  2. (singular only) Schutzstaffel, SS

Declension
Declension of Schutzstaffel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schutzstaffel die Schutzstaffeln
genitive einer der Schutzstaffel der Schutzstaffeln
dative einer der Schutzstaffel den Schutzstaffeln
accusative eine die Schutzstaffel die Schutzstaffeln

Derived terms
  • Schutzstaffelmann

Further reading
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