# das Russenbrot

das Russenbrot is a German noun meaning “Russian bread, especially kinds containing potato flour”. Forms: des Russenbrots, die Russenbrote.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Russenbrots
- Plural: die Russenbrote

## Meanings

1. _World-War-I · historical_ Russian bread, especially kinds containing potato flour
   - Wir rückten da hinein, machten mit russischem Pulver Feuer an und fanden auch etwas Russenbrot, das, angeröstet, zu Kakao ganz gut schmeckt. — We went in, made fire with Russian powder and also found some Russian bread, which, when roasted, tastes all right with cocoa.
2. _Nazism · historical_ a kind of highly substandard bread substitute that was fed to Soviet prisoners of war
   - Die Versuche über ein besonders herzustellendes Russenbrot haben ergeben, daß die günstigste Mischung sich aus 50% Roggenschrot, 20% Zuckerrübenschnitzel, 20% Zellmehl und 10% Strohmehl oder Laub ergibt. — The experiments for a specially produced bread for Russians have shown that the most convenient mixture is 50% coarse rye meal, 20% chopped sugar beets, 20% ground cellulose and 10% ground straw or leaves.

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