Sitzkrieg
German, noun/ˈzɪtskʁiːk/
Sitzkrieg is spelled S-I-T-Z-K-R-I-E-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sitzkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “sitzkrieg; (in particular) the Phoney War of 1939/40” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Sitzkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesitzkrieg; (in particular) the Phoney War of 1939/40
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Sitzkrieg
- Sitzkrieges genitive
- Sitzkriegs genitive
- Sitzkriege plural
- Sitzkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sitzkrieg?
- /ˈzɪtskʁiːk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sitzkrieg in German?
Sitzkrieg appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).