From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 14 2004 - 20:47:19 PST
Hi Steve,
Sorry, I should have included the reference title.
Merriam-Webster.com unabridged dictionary
Bruce
Steve Grammont wrote:
>Hi Bruce,
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>Hmmm... I don't know what source you used, but that's not what I'm
>familiar with. So I just checked some sources including a 1944 German/
>English Military Dictionary (US War Department) along with a couple of
>other sources including Hogg's book on German artillery. Even checked an
>online translator. All state Flak = "Flugabwehrkanone" and not
>"Fliegerabwehrkanone".
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>The confusion is understandable as the Germans do use "Flieger" for other
>air defense related terms, including the generic "Anti-Aircraft Defense"
>("Fliegerabwehr"). Just to confuse things, they also call Anti-Aircraft
>Defense "Flugabwehr" :-) But for the weapons themselves, there is
>consistent use of "Flug" as the prefix. Others in the dictionary are
>Flugabwehrgerät, Flugabwehrmaschinengewehr, Flugabwehrmaschinenwaffen,
>Flugabwehrmaschinegewehr, and Flugabwehrmaschinenkanone.
>
>Steve
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>>Main Entry: flak Pronunciation Guide
>>Variant(s): also flack \flak\
>>Function: noun
>>Inflected Form(s): plural flak
>>Etymology: German flak, from fliegerabwehrkanone antiaircraft gun, from
>>fliegerabwehr defense against air attack (from flieger aviator -- from
>>fliegen to fly, from Old High German fliogan -- + abwehr defense, from
>>abwehren to ward off, from ab off, away -- from Old High German aba -- +
>>wehren to restrain, forbid, from Old High German werren to defend) +
>>kanone cannon, from Italian cannone -- more at FLY, OF, WEIR, CANNON
>>1 : antiaircraft guns <flak battery> <flak ship>
>>2 : the bursting shells fired from flak <despite heavy flak damage made
>>a safe landing>
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