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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