GRGR(11): "Setzt V-2 ein!"

Lorentzen / Nicklaus lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Mon Oct 4 08:57:43 CDT 1999


 "'Setzt V-2 ein!'" (p. 230)

 Weisenburger (GR-Companion, p. 121) tranlates "einsetzen" at first 
 correctly with "to put in, insert", but then he continues "and, when used with 
 certain prepositions, to stand up or errect". Since this last mentioned   
 meaning is, well, unknown to native speakers, Weisenburger's assumption that  
 this "gives a possible sexual pun here: 'Errect V-2!'" is, to put it  
 diplomatically, not conclusive. Here "einsetzen", like in the word 
 "Kampfeinsatz", simply means "to use". So it's "Use (the) V-2!".

 Best, KFL 




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