feldgrau

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noun

The greenish-grey colour of German military uniforms.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounfeldgrau (countable and uncountable, plural feldgraus)

plural feldgraus

  1. uncountableThe greenish-grey colour of German military uniforms.
  2. countableA German soldier who wears a uniform of this colour.
  3. historicaluncountableThe color of the field uniform of the German Army from late 1907 until 1945.

Origin

  1. GermanFeldgrau
  2. Englishfeldgrau

From German Feldgrau, literally "field-grey".

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