Etymology

kamerad

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Today it means: To surrender, as a German in World War II. Full definition →

German Kamerad
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  1. German · borrowed fromKamerad“comrade”
  2. English todaykamerad

From German Kamerad (“comrade”), the word that a surrendering German soldier would call out.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.