Meanings
proper noun
- NazismhistoricalThe German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
Oh, yes. The Wehrmacht. Certainly the greatest fighting force ever assembled. Swift, ruthless.
1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders1 more example
In the end the Allies battered the Wehrmacht back to the Reich and ended whatever chance the Germans had of escaping their fate.
1996, Robert Doughty, World War II: Total Warfare Around the Globe, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 106
Origin
Translations
Arabic فِيرْمَاخْت
- فِيرْمَاخْت (fīrmāḵt)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Bulgarian Ве́рмахт
- Ве́рмахт (Vérmaht)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Chinese Mandarin 德意志國防軍 /德意志国防军, 國防軍 /国防军
- 德意志國防軍 /德意志国防军 (Déyìzhì guófáng jūn)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
- 國防軍 /国防军 (guófáng jūn)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Danish værnemagt
- værnemagtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Estonian Wehrmacht, veermaht
- WehrmachtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
- veermahtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
French Wehrmacht
- WehrmachtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
German Wehrmacht
- WehrmachtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Hindi वेरमाख़्ट
- वेरमाख़्ट (vermāxṭ)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Polish Wehrmacht
- WehrmachtGerman armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Russian Ве́рмахт
- Ве́рмахт (Vérmaxt)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Ukrainian Ве́рмахт
- Ве́рмахт (Vérmaxt)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Urdu ویرْماخْٹ
- ویرْماخْٹ (vermāxṭ)German armed forces from 1935 to 1945
Cite this entry
APA
Wehrmacht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wehrmacht
MLA
“Wehrmacht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wehrmacht. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wehrmacht,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wehrmacht.
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