Weltkrieg

German

Etymology

From Welt +‎ Krieg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛltˌkʁiːk/
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Noun

Weltkrieg m (strong, genitive Weltkrieges or Weltkriegs, plural Weltkriege)

world war

Declension

Declension of Weltkrieg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weltkrieg	die	Weltkriege
genitive	eines	des	Weltkrieges, Weltkriegs	der	Weltkriege
dative	einem	dem	Weltkrieg, Weltkriege¹	den	Weltkriegen
accusative	einen	den	Weltkrieg	die	Weltkriege

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Erster Weltkrieg, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Dritter Weltkrieg

Related terms

Further reading

“Weltkrieg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Weltkrieg” in Duden online

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