Kesselschlacht

German

Etymology

Compound of Kessel (“pocket (of units); kettle, cauldron”) +‎ Schlacht (“battle”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kesselschlacht f (genitive Kesselschlacht, plural Kesselschlachten)

battle of encirclement, cauldron battle

Declension

Declension of Kesselschlacht [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kesselschlacht	die	Kesselschlachten
genitive	einer	der	Kesselschlacht	der	Kesselschlachten
dative	einer	der	Kesselschlacht	den	Kesselschlachten
accusative	eine	die	Kesselschlacht	die	Kesselschlachten

Descendants

→ English: cauldron battle (calque)

Further reading

“Kesselschlacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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