stalag
stalag noun: a German prisoner-of-war camp, especially in World War II.
Noun (1)
stalag (countable and uncountable, plural stalags)
- A German prisoner-of-war camp, especially in World War II.
- A genre of Nazi exploitation Holocaust pornography in Israel that flourished in the 1950s and early 1960; a work in that genre.
- stalag fiction; a stalag novel
- After decades in dusty back rooms and closets, the Stalags, a peculiar Hebrew concoction of Nazism, sex and violence, are re-emerging in the public eye. And with them comes a rekindled debate on the cultural representation here of Nazism and the Holocaust, and whether they have been unduly mixed in...2007 September 6, Isabel Kershner, “Israel’s Unexpected Spinoff From a Holocaust Trial”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
Noun (2) capitalized: Stalag
Stalag (countable and uncountable, plural Stalags)
- Alternative letter-case form of stalag
Forms of stalag
| plural | stalags |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Stalag |
| plural | Stalags |
Origin of stalag
Borrowed from German Stalag (“POW camp”).
Questions about stalag
- What does stalag mean?
- Stalag means a German prisoner-of-war camp, especially in World War II.
- What part of speech is stalag?
- Stalag is a noun.
- What is the plural of stalag?
- The plural of stalag is stalags.
Words near stalag in the dictionary
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