chleuh

See also: Chleuh

French

Alternative forms

schleu, schleuh (Germanized variant forms, used when the word means "German")

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic شلوح‎ (šlūḥ). Among the French military in northern Africa (Bataillon d'Afrique) it came to mean "one who couldn't speak French or even Arabic", and was then applied to the Germans, mainly during the Second World War.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃlø/
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Noun

chleuh m (plural chleuhs, feminine chleuhe)

(uncountable) Tashelhit; one of the Berber languages
(countable, derogatory, ethnic slur) a German; a kraut [1940s]
Synonyms: boche, fritz

Adjective

chleuh (feminine chleuhe, masculine plural chleuhs, feminine plural chleuhes)

Shilha, Tashelhit
(derogatory) German