Baseballschlägerjahre

== German == === Etymology === Baseballschläger +‎ Jahre, literally "baseball bat years". The term was coined in 2019 by journalist Christian Bangel. It refers to the widespread use of baseball bats as weapons at the time, especially by neo-Nazi groups. === Noun === die Baseballschlägerjahre pl (plural only, usually definite) (German politics, informal) The post-German reunification period of the early 1990s, especially in former East Germany, marked by widespread violence and intimidation by neo-Nazis. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Baseballschlägerjahre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache