concentration camp

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
2. A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
3. (figuratively) A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.

Konzepte

Konzentrationslager

KZ

Gefangenenlager

Kriegsgefangener

Kriegsgefangene

Kl.

Synonyme

POW camp

stockade

prison camp

POW

prisoner of war camp

PW

detention camp

Kriegie

prisoner of war

PoW

Übersetzungen

campo di concentramento

camp de concentration

concentratiekamp

campo de concentración

campo de concentração

στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης

camp de concentració

στρατόπεδο συγκεντρώσεως

toplama kampı

temerküz kampı

lager

prigioniero di guerra

camp de prisonniers

PDG

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Konzentrationslager

In summary

From concentration + camp. In later use partly after German Konzentrationslager, itself a calque of the English term.