"stalag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stalags [plural]
Etymology: Borrowing from German Stalag (“POW camp”), short for German Stammlager (“base camp”), from German Stamm (“stem, base”) + Lager (“lair, camp”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Stalag|t=POW camp}} German Stalag (“POW camp”), {{der|en|de|Stammlager|t=base camp}} German Stammlager (“base camp”), {{der|en|de|Stamm|t=stem, base}} German Stamm (“stem, base”), {{m|de|Lager|t=lair, camp}} Lager (“lair, camp”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stalag (plural stalags)
  1. (historical) A German prisoner-of-war camp, especially in World War II. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-stalag-en-noun-nHNyfqtR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. (attributive) A genre of Nazi exploitation Holocaust pornography in Israel that flourished in the 1950s and early 1960s. Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-stalag-en-noun-QU2Pv4dv Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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