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Wehrmacht

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English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Wehrmacht.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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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

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German

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Etymology

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From wehren + Macht.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈveːʁmaxt/
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Noun

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Wehrmacht f (genitive Wehrmacht, plural Wehrmächte)

  1. (archaic) armed forces

Usage notes

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  • In modern usage, Wehrmacht refers specifically to the Nazi-era military. It is no longer used for armed forces generally.

Declension

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Proper noun

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Wehrmacht f (proper noun, genitive Wehrmacht)

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

Declension

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