"Wehrmacht" meaning in German

See Wehrmacht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈveːʁmaxt/ Audio: De-Wehrmacht-pronunciation.ogg Forms: Wehrmacht [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wehrmacht [nominative, singular], Wehrmacht [genitive, singular], Wehrmacht [dative, singular], Wehrmacht [accusative, singular]
Etymology: From wehren + Macht. Etymology templates: {{m|de|wehren}} wehren, {{m|de|Macht}} Macht Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.sg}} Wehrmacht f (proper noun, genitive Wehrmacht) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg}}
  1. (historical, Nazism) Wehrmacht (German armed forces from 1935 to 1945) Tags: Nazism, feminine, historical, proper-noun Categories (topical): Nazism Related terms: Reichswehr, Bundeswehr
    Sense id: en-Wehrmacht-de-name-VCY4Lz3R

Noun

IPA: /ˈveːʁmaxt/ Audio: De-Wehrmacht-pronunciation.ogg
Etymology: From wehren + Macht. Etymology templates: {{m|de|wehren}} wehren, {{m|de|Macht}} Macht Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^e}} Wehrmacht f (genitive Wehrmacht, plural Wehrmächte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^e}} Forms: Wehrmacht [genitive], Wehrmächte [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wehrmacht [nominative, singular], Wehrmächte [definite, nominative, plural], Wehrmacht [genitive, singular], Wehrmächte [definite, genitive, plural], Wehrmacht [dative, singular], Wehrmächten [dative, definite, plural], Wehrmacht [accusative, singular], Wehrmächte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (archaic) armed forces Tags: archaic, feminine Categories (topical): War Related terms: Streitkraft, Streitmacht
    Sense id: en-Wehrmacht-de-noun-Gi-6~vN7 Disambiguation of War: 29 71 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

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