<Zabern, German name of the village of Saverne in Alsace + ‑ismsuffix.
Meaning & use
Obsolete.
1916–21
The misuse of military power or authority; bullying, aggression (see quot. 1921).
1916
There can rarely..have been a better example of the insolence of Zabernism than the ‘rounding up’ of crowds of unoffending people at the stations.
Daily News 6 September 4
1918
The acquisitive commercialists and financiers of Germany—the Zabernism of industry and l.s.d.—were up to the eyes in it [sc. the war].
19th Century December 992
1918
Both countries have been slaves to Kruppism and Zabernism.
H. G. Wells, In Fourth Year iii. 36
1920
The advance of the Government troops into the Ruhr district, coupled with a marked exhibition of ‘Zabernism’, has stiffened the Spartacist resistance.
Glasgow Herald 7 April 8
1921
Zabernism (hist.), military jackbootery. From an incident at Saverne (Ger. Zabern) in Alsace (1912), when an excited Ger. subaltern cut down a lame cobbler who smiled at him.
E. Weekley, Etymological Dictionary of Modern English 1658/2
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.
Vowels
iːfleece
ihappy
ɪkit
ɛdress
atrap, bath
ɑːstart, palm, bath
ɒlot
ɔːthought, force
ʌstrut
ʊfoot
uːgoose
əletter
əːnurse
ɪənear
ɛːsquare
ʊəcure
eɪface
ʌɪpride
aʊmouth
əʊgoat
ɔɪvoice
ãgratin
ɒ̃salon
ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.