Stammlager
German, noun/ˈʃtamˌlaːɡɐ/
Stammlager is spelled S-T-A-M-M-L-A-G-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stammlager is a German neuter noun meaning “main or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of forced labour (originally used of prisoner-of-war…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Stammlager mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermain or central camp; the administrative center of a complex of camps and/or places of forced labour (originally used of prisoner-of-war camps, later also – and now especially – of concentration camps)
In den Stammlagern wurden die Kriegsgefangenen registriert und auf die Betriebe verteilt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Stammlager
- Stammlagers genitive
- Stammläger plural
- Stammlagern dative definite plural
- Stammlägern dative definite plural
- Stalag alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Stammlager?
- /ˈʃtamˌlaːɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Stammlager in German?
Stammlager appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).