Talk:Flak (disambiguation)

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[edit] German Term

The german term stated as the root of flak is different from the one stated in the wiktionary. Here it is Flugabwehrkanone (and in Anti-aircraft warfare), Wiktionary states Fliegerabwehrkanone.

I am a bit mystified why every english page seems to think it is "Fliegerabwehrkanone". It is "Flugabwehrkanone" see e.g. the Bundeswehr page on the FlakPanzer Gepard. Just because a word by word translation into English does not make sense doesn't mean it is wrong.

"As a component of mostly Dutch, but also German and Scandinavian area place names, flak and similar may mean "flat land" or "flat sandbank": e.g. Flakfortet, Maasvlakte, Goeree-Overflakkee: compare English "flake"." It's actually vlak in dutch, not flak