Besatzung

German[edit]

Besatzung f (genitive Besatzung, plural Besatzungen)

crew (group of people operating a ship, plane, or large facility)
Synonyms: Crew, Mannschaft
occupation (of a country)
(by extension) occupational troops, occupational forces
- 1928, Kurt Tucholsky, “Vor Verdun”, in Mit 5 PS, Ernst Rowohlt, page 97:
  Die Besatzung, die damals mit allen militärischen Ehren kapitulierte, zog ab, und die Stadt kam unter deutsche Verwaltung.
  The occupational troops, who surrendered with full military honors at that time, left, and the city came under German administration.

A slight distinction is usually made between Besatzung and Besetzung of a country. The latter is the act of invading and occupying, while Besatzung is the continued foreign military rule over a certain period of time.

Declension of Besatzung [feminine]