"sitzkrieg" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/, /ˈzɪtskɹiːɡ/ Forms: sitzkriegs [plural]
enPR: sĭt'skrēg, zĭt'skrēg Rhymes: -ɪtskɹiːɡ Etymology: Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{bor|en|de|Sitzkrieg|t=sitting war}} German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), {{m|de|Blitzkrieg|lit=lightning war}} Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sitzkrieg (plural sitzkriegs)
  1. warfare without any military operations or campaigns, a stalemate
    Sense id: en-sitzkrieg-en-noun-OnM20rJ8
  2. The Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district. Categories (topical): War, World War II
    Sense id: en-sitzkrieg-en-noun-Rr2trTD8 Disambiguation of War: 23 77 Disambiguation of World War II: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blitzkrieg

Inflected forms

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