sitzkrieg
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See also: Sitzkrieg
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sitzkrieg (plural sitzkriegs)
- warfare without any military operations or campaigns, a stalemate
- 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.
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
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- Rhymes:English/ɪtskɹiːɡ
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