Landsturm

German

Etymology

Land +‎ Sturm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Landsturm m (strong, genitive Landsturmes or Landsturms, plural Landstürme)

1. (historical) Any of the final reserves of the armed forces in Prussia and later Germany, in Austria, or in Switzerland, generally made up of older people, sometimes constituted as a regular portion of the country's armed forces, sometimes irregular.

Declension

Declension of Landsturm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Landsturm	die	Landstürme
genitive	eines	des	Landsturmes, Landsturms	der	Landstürme
dative	einem	dem	Landsturm, Landsturme1	den	Landstürmen
accusative	einen	den	Landsturm	die	Landstürme

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Landwehr