die Dolchstoßlegende. The myth that the German Empire could have won World War I if its army, like Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied, had not been stabbed in the back by traitorous enemies, often claimed to be Jews, rich industrialists, or socialists. The German ß character can be replaced by a double -ss- in English contexts. Otherwise, care should be taken to use the correct German character (part of the ASCII character set) and not a Greek beta. (German definite articles are provided here,...
