Sturmabteilung

[ shtoorm-ahp-tahy-loong ]

noun

1. a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.

Sturmabteilung

/ ˈʃtʊrmˈaptailʊŋ /

noun

1. the full name of the Nazi SA

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sturmabteilung¹

< German, equivalent to Sturm storm, troop of storm troopers + Abteilung division, department

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sturmabteilung¹

literally: storm division

Example Sentences

And I've been thinking about the ICE people as, in some ways, the equivalent of the SA in Nazi Germany — the Sturmabteilung.

From Salon

National Action had sleek branding that was based on the insignia of the Sturmabteilung, Hitler’s Brown Shirts, and the Web site featured snappily edited videos.

From The New Yorker

In a tweet, popular German comedian Jan Böhmermann put the AfD youth wing's logo alongside that of the 1930s Nazi "Sturmabteilung", known as the SA.

From BBC

Brownshirts was the name given to the Sturmabteilung, which acted as the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party during Hitler's rise to power.

From BBC