Todesschwadron
German, noun/ˈtoːdəsʃvaˌdʁoːn/
Todesschwadron is spelled T-O-D-E-S-S-C-H-W-A-D-R-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Todesschwadron is a German feminine noun meaning “death squad (armed group carrying out extrajudicial killings, often in the form of massacres)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “paramilitärische Gruppe, die damit beauftragt ist, Gegner zu eliminieren”.
What does Todesschwadron mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeath squad (armed group carrying out extrajudicial killings, often in the form of massacres)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. paramilitärische Gruppe, die damit beauftragt ist, Gegner zu eliminieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Todesschwadron
- Todesschwadronen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Todesschwadron?
- /ˈtoːdəsʃvaˌdʁoːn/
- [ˈtoːdəsʃvaˌdʁoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Todesschwadron in German?
Todesschwadron appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).