værnemager

Danish

Etymology

Derived in 1943 from værnemagt (Wehrmacht) after the suffix -mager.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋaɐ̯nəˌmæˀjɐ], [ˈʋaɐ̯nəˌmæˀɐ]

Noun

værnemager c (singular definite værnemageren, plural indefinite værnemagere)

  1. (historical) collaborator (a person collaborating with the Nazi occupation forces in Denmark 1940-1945)

Declension

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