Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sitzkrieg

/ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sitzkrieg
IPA: /ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Warfare without any military operations or campaigns; a stalemate.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: *sed-, Sitzkrieg

Inflected Forms

sitzkriegs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

blitzkrieg

Questions

How do you pronounce sitzkrieg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪtskɹiːɡ/.
What does sitzkrieg mean?: Warfare without any military operations or campaigns; a stalemate.
Where does sitzkrieg come from?: It is traced to German.

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