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