Stellvertreterkrieg

== German == === Etymology === Compound of Stellvertreter +‎ Krieg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtɛlfɛɐ̯tʁeːtɐkʁiːk/ === Noun === Stellvertreterkrieg m (strong, genitive Stellvertreterkrieges or Stellvertreterkriegs, plural Stellvertreterkriege) proxy war (a war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Stellvertreterkrieg”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Stellvertreterkrieg” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon Stellvertreterkrieg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de