Großer Vaterländischer Krieg

German

Etymology

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˈfaːtɐˌlɛndɪʃɐ ˈkʁiːk/, (northern also) /... ˈkʁiːç/
  • Hyphenation: Gro‧ßer Va‧ter‧län‧di‧scher Krieg

Proper noun

Großer Vaterländischer Krieg m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite nominative der Große Vaterländische Krieg, definite genitive des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges or des Großen Vaterländischen Kriegs)

  1. Great Patriotic War (the German-Soviet war as part of WWII from a Soviet or Russian perspective)

Coordinate terms

  • Deutsch-Sowjetischer Krieg (neutral perspective)
  • Russlandfeldzug (German perspective), Ostfront (loosely)
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