SCHUTZSTAFFEL (schutzstaffeln)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: schutzstaffeln   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Schutzstaffel mean? 

• SCHUTZSTAFFEL (noun)
  The noun SCHUTZSTAFFEL has 1 sense:

1. special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

  Familiarity information: SCHUTZSTAFFEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHUTZSTAFFEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Schutzstaffel; SS

Hypernyms ("Schutzstaffel" is a kind of...):

constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)

Meronyms (parts of "Schutzstaffel"):

Gestapo (the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods)