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die Flak (-s)  anti-aircraft gun, ack-ack gun; anti-aircraft unit (mil.)

Flak ist eine Abkürzung des Wortes Fliegerabwehrkanone.
Flak is an abbreviation of the word “Fliegerabwehrkanone” (aircraft defense gun).

Note: The English word “flak” is taken from the German, both in its military sense and in the wider sense of “don't give me any flak.”

Related: das Flakfeuer anti-aircraft fire, der Flakhelfer anti-aircraft auxiliary (worker), die Flakstellung anti-aircraft position

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