kasern
/kəˈzɝn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A military barracks, especially of the US military, in Germany.
Example Sentences
- "Second, an agreement focusing on manpower is inherently unverifiable, one can take satellite photographs of tanks or identify the location of unit kaserns but manpower reductions cannot be accurately verified."
- "[…] of many of the kaserns that our troops are occupying in Germany, many go back to Bismarck even, some certainly dating back to the First World War, […]"
- "When they come back to their kaserns, they reasonably and correctly and properly expect to go into motor pools and motor parks that are adequately lighted and adequately heated to work in."
- "[…] movement to simulated assembly areas within ten miles of the kasern. In some cases, units continued the exercise with a movement into initial battle positions."
Etymology
From German Kaserne, or alteration of casern under the influence of that German word. In either case, ultimately from French caserne. Doublet of casern.