Wehrmacht
/ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːxt/
Wehrmacht proper noun: the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
Proper noun
Wehrmacht
- The German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
- In the end the Allies battered the Wehrmacht back to the Reich and ended whatever chance the Germans had of escaping their fate.1996, Robert Doughty, World War II: Total Warfare Around the Globe, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 106
- Oh, yes. The Wehrmacht. Certainly the greatest fighting force ever assembled. Swift, ruthless.1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders
Wehrmacht meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Wehrmacht in Hindi
- German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
- वेरमाख़्ट vermāxṭ
Wehrmacht in Tamil
- காவற்படை, செர்மன் ஆயுதப் படைகள்
Wehrmacht in Marathi
- German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
- वेह्रमाख्ट vehramākhṭa
Wehrmacht in Urdu
- German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
- ویرْماخْٹ vermāxṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- Wehrmacht in Arabic
- فِيرْمَاخْت fīrmāḵt
Origin of Wehrmacht
Unadapted borrowing from German Wehrmacht, from wehren (“to defend”) + Macht (“might, force”).
Words formed from Wehrmacht
Questions about Wehrmacht
- What does Wehrmacht mean?
- Wehrmacht means the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
- What is Wehrmacht in Hindi?
- Wehrmacht in Hindi is वेरमाख़्ट (vermāxṭ). See Wehrmacht meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Wehrmacht?
- Wehrmacht is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Wehrmacht?
- Wehrmacht is pronounced /ˈvɛə(ɹ)ˌmɑːxt/.
Words near Wehrmacht in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Wehrmacht (page history and authors); wehrmacht (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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