kamerad

K5A1M3E1R1A1D2

verb

To surrender, as a German in World War II.

OriginGerman Kamerad →
Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbkamerad (third-person singular simple present kamerads, present participle kamerading, simple past and past participle kameraded)

present singular third person kamerads · participle present kamerading · participle past kameraded · past kameraded

  1. intransitiveTo surrender, as a German in World War II.

Origin

  1. GermanKamerad“comrade”
  2. Englishkamerad

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

More words from German

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

kamerad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamerad

MLA

“kamerad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamerad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kamerad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamerad.

Source: kamerad on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.