"ABC" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌa(ː)beˈtseː/ Audio: De-ABC.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German a. b. c., abecē; equivalent to A + B + C, the first three letters of the Latin and German alphabet. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|a. b. c., abecē}} Middle High German a. b. c., abecē, {{com|de|A|B|C}} A + B + C Head templates: {{de-adj|indecl}} ABC (indeclinable)
  1. (weaponry) Initialism of atomar, biologisch und chemisch: NBC Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, indeclinable, initialism Alternative form of: atomar (extra: NBC), biologisch und chemisch (extra: NBC) Categories (topical): Weapons Related terms: ABC-Krieg, ABC-Waffen
    Sense id: en-ABC-de-adj-7eZ~A20x Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Noun

IPA: /ˌa(ː)beˈtseː/ Audio: De-ABC.ogg Forms: ABC [genitive], ABCs [genitive]
Etymology: From Middle High German a. b. c., abecē; equivalent to A + B + C, the first three letters of the Latin and German alphabet. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|a. b. c., abecē}} Middle High German a. b. c., abecē, {{com|de|A|B|C}} A + B + C Head templates: {{de-noun|n,-:s.sg}} ABC n (strong, genitive ABC or ABCs, no plural)
  1. ABC, alphabet Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Alphabet, Abc, Abece Derived forms: ABC-Krieg, slowenisch ABC-Krieg (english: in the 1830s), ABC-Schütze
    Sense id: en-ABC-de-noun-v1Txfd-K Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

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