Etymology

Luftwaffe

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Today it means: The German air force, especially during the Second World War. Full definition →

German Luftwaffe
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  1. German · borrowed fromLuftwaffe
  2. English todayLuftwaffe

Unadapted borrowing from German Luftwaffe (literally “an air-weapon”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.