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kasern

/kəˈzɝn/

kasern noun: a military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.

Noun

kasern (plural kaserns)

  1. A military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.
    • Second, an agreement focusing on manpower is inherently unverifiable, one can take satellite photographs of tanks or identify the location of unit kaserns but manpower reductions cannot be accurately verified.1977, United States House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Western Europe in 1977, page 334
    • […] of many of the kaserns that our troops are occupying in Germany, many go back to Bismarck even, some certainly dating back to the First World War, […]1978, Mr Fliakas, before the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockpiles, Military Construction Authorization, Fiscal Year 1979 … April 11...

Examples of kasern in a sentence

  • When they come back to their kaserns, they reasonably and correctly and properly expect to go into motor pools and motor parks that are adequately lighted and adequately heated to work in.1983, General Rogers, before the United States House. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations...
  • […] movement to simulated assembly areas within ten miles of the kasern.2015, Donald A. Carter, Forging the Shield: The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951-1962, Government Printing Office, page 91:

Forms of kasern

pluralkaserns

Origin of kasern

From German Kaserne, or alteration of casern under the influence of that German word. In either case, ultimately from French caserne. Doublet of casern.

Questions about kasern

What does kasern mean?
Kasern means a military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.
How do you use kasern in a sentence?
When they come back to their kaserns, they reasonably and correctly and properly expect to go into motor pools and motor parks that are adequately lighted and adequately heated to work in.
What part of speech is kasern?
Kasern is a noun.
How do you pronounce kasern?
Kasern is pronounced /kəˈzɝn/.
What is the plural of kasern?
The plural of kasern is kaserns.

Words near kasern in the dictionary

  1. Kasels
  2. Kasem
  3. Kasembazar
  4. Kasen
  5. Kaser
  6. kasern
  7. Kaserne
  8. kaserns
  9. Kasers
  10. kases
  11. Kasese

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