Wehrmacht
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wehrmacht
- (historical, Nazism) The German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
- Coordinate terms: Waffen-SS, Schutzstaffel, Sturmabteilung
- 1996, Robert Doughty, World War II: Total Warfare Around the Globe, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 106:
- In the end the Allies battered the Wehrmacht back to the Reich and ended whatever chance the Germans had of escaping their fate.
Translations
German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Wehrmacht f (genitive Wehrmacht, plural Wehrmächte)
Usage notes
- In modern usage, Wehrmacht refers specifically to the Nazi-era military. It is no longer used for armed forces generally.
Declension
Declension of Wehrmacht [feminine]
Related terms
- Streitkraft
- Streitmacht
Proper noun
Wehrmacht f (proper noun, genitive Wehrmacht)
- (historical, Nazism) Wehrmacht (German armed forces from 1935 to 1945)
Declension
Declension of Wehrmacht [sg-only, feminine]
Related terms
Further reading
- “Wehrmacht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wehrmacht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wehrmacht” in Duden online
Wehrmacht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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