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Landwehr

US/ˈlɑːntveɪɹ/

Landwehr noun: a segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland.

Noun

Landwehr (plural Landwehrs)

  1. (historical) A segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland.

Landwehr meaning in Tamil

Landwehr in Tamil

போர்க்கால நாட்டுப்படைத்திரட்டு

Forms of Landwehr

pluralLandwehrs

Origin of Landwehr

From German Landwehr, from Land (“land, country”) + Wehr (“defense”).

Questions about Landwehr

What does Landwehr mean?
Landwehr means a segment of the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, often made up of older people, used for defense of the homeland.
What is Landwehr in Tamil?
Landwehr in Tamil is போர்க்கால நாட்டுப்படைத்திரட்டு. See Landwehr meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Landwehr?
Landwehr is a noun.
How do you pronounce Landwehr?
Landwehr is pronounced /ˈlɑːntveɪɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of Landwehr?
The plural of Landwehr is Landwehrs.

Words near Landwehr in the dictionary

  1. landward
  2. landwards
  3. LandWarNet
  4. landwash
  5. landwashes
  6. Landwehr
  7. Landwehrs
  8. landwhale
  9. landwhales
  10. landwind
  11. landwinds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Landwehr (page history and authors); landwehr (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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