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Glossary & Abbreviations

German

Term	Meaning
Abort	Toilet
Abwehr	German army
Appel	Roll call
Aufstehen	To get up
Austehen	To get out
Barrackenchef	Hut captain
Bitte	Please
Brot	Bread
Blitzkrieg	Lightning war
Dienst	Rank, duty
Eintritt	Entrance
Es macht nichts	It doesn't matter
Feldwebel	Sergeant
Gefreiter	Corporal
GESTAPO	Geheim Staats Polizei (Nazi secret police)
Gewehr	Rifle
Heinkel	German fighter bomber
Heraus	Come out
Jude	Jew
Kaputt	Broken, no good, finished off, useless
Kriesgefangener	POW
Lager	POW camp
Luftag	POW camp for airmen
Me 110	Twin engined fighter bomber used for strafing
Oberfeldwebel	Sewrgeant Major
Oberst	Colonel
Oflag	Officer lager (Officer's prison camp)
Panzer	German armoured vehicle
Richtig	Correct, OK
Ruhig!	Quiet! Silent!
SD	Sicherheitsdienst (storm troopers)
SS	Schutzstaffel (Nazi elite troops)
Soldat	Private soldier
Spandau	German light machine gun
Stalag, Stammlager	Camp for non commissioned soldiers
Stuka	German dive bomber
Unteroffizier	NCO
Was ist los?	What's up?
Wehrmacht	German military force
Weiter marsch	Forward march
Wir gehts?	How are you?