Kriegsmarine

English

Etymology

German Kriegsmarine

Proper noun

Kriegsmarine

1. (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)

1. (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