Wehrmacht

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wehrmacht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːxt/, /ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkt/

Proper noun

Wehrmacht

  1. (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

Etymology

From wehren + Macht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːʁmaxt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Wehrmacht f (genitive Wehrmacht, plural Wehrmächte)

  1. (archaic) armed forces

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]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wehrmacht die Wehrmächte
genitive einer der Wehrmacht der Wehrmächte
dative einer der Wehrmacht den Wehrmächten
accusative eine die Wehrmacht die Wehrmächte

Proper noun

Wehrmacht f (proper noun, genitive Wehrmacht)

  1. (historical, Nazism) Wehrmacht (German armed forces from 1935 to 1945)

Declension

Declension of Wehrmacht [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Wehrmacht
genitive einer der Wehrmacht
dative einer der Wehrmacht
accusative eine die Wehrmacht

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