Wunderwaffe
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Wunderwaffe.
Noun
editWunderwaffe (plural Wunderwaffen)
- A wonderweapon, an (often secret) especially powerful weapon.
Alternative forms
editGerman
editEtymology
editWunder (“miracle, wonder”) + Waffe (“weapon”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWunderwaffe f (genitive Wunderwaffe, plural Wunderwaffen)
- wonderweapon
- (historical, Nazism) a Nazi propaganda term from the final phase of World War Two referring to secret weapon designs claimed to be revolutionary and capable of winning the war for Germany (many of these were fictional and intended merely to strengthen morale, others were ineffective or not finalized)
- Synonym: Wuwa
- (figuratively, usually sarcastically) magic bullet, panacea (a universal solution which solves all problems related to a particular issue)
- Synonym: Allheilmittel
- 2022 January 29, Antje Lang-Lendorff, “Im Gespräch mit einer Impfgegnerin: Sabine hofft auf Omikron”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Tatsächlich gab es 2021 in den USA einen Hype um Ivermectin. Eine Gruppe von Ärzten pries das Medikament als Wunderwaffe gegen Corona, es wirke auch präventiv.
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Declension
editDeclension of Wunderwaffe [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Wunderwaffe | die | Wunderwaffen |
genitive | einer | der | Wunderwaffe | der | Wunderwaffen |
dative | einer | der | Wunderwaffe | den | Wunderwaffen |
accusative | eine | die | Wunderwaffe | die | Wunderwaffen |
Further reading
edit- “Wunderwaffe” in Duden online
- “Wunderwaffe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) “Wunderwaffen”, in Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 447
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