Kriegsmarine

English

Etymology

German Kriegsmarine

Proper noun

Kriegsmarine

(historical, military, nautical, World War II) The navy of Nazi Germany.

Coordinate terms

Kaiserliche Marine

Related terms

DKM (“Deutsches Kriegsmarine”)

Translations

Translations

German: Kriegsmarine (de)

German

Etymology

From Krieg +‎ Marine, literally “war navy”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə]
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Proper noun

Kriegsmarine f (proper noun, genitive Kriegsmarine)

(historical) the German navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime

Declension

Declension of Kriegsmarine [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kriegsmarine
genitive	einer	der	Kriegsmarine
dative	einer	der	Kriegsmarine
accusative	eine	die	Kriegsmarine

Descendants

English: Kriegsmarine

Further reading

“Kriegsmarine” in Duden online
“Kriegsmarine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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