Freikorps
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from German Freikorps.
Noun[edit]
Freikorps (plural Freikorps)
- (historical) A German-speaking corps of military or paramilitary and free (autonomous) nature, in some cases a private militia or army; in particular, such a group linked to Germany.
- Synonym: free corps
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of frei + Korps, "free corps".
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
Freikorps n (strong, genitive Freikorps, plural Freikorps)
- (historical) A corps of military or paramilitary and free (autonomous) nature, in some cases a private militia or army.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Freikorps [neuter, strong]
Descendants[edit]
- English: → Freikorps, → free corps (calque)
- → Dutch: vrijkorps
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: frikorps
- → Russian: фрайкор (frajkor)
- → Swedish: frikår
Further reading[edit]
- “Freikorps” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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