машинґвер

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Maschinengewehr.

Pronunciation

Noun

машинґве́р (mašyngvérm inan (genitive машинґве́ра, nominative plural машинґве́ри, genitive plural машинґве́рів, relational adjective машинґве́рський)

  1. (dialectal, largely obsolete) machine gun
    Synonym: кулеме́т (kulemét)
    • 2022, Yaryna Skurativska, Olha Babchuk, “"Це відповідь на імперський мотлох": історія пісні "Машинґвери" ["This is a response to imperialistic garbage": the history of the song "Mashyngvery"]”, in Суспільне Культура [Suspilne Kultura]‎, archived from the original on 2022-11-18:
      Машинґвер – у приблизному перекладі – "Машина війни", німецький єдиний кулемет часів Другої світової війни. На заході України це слово використовувалось для позначення кулеметів як виду озброєнь.
      Mašyngver – u pryblyznomu perekladi – "Mašyna vijny", nimecʹkyj jedynyj kulemet časiv Druhoji svitovoji vijny. Na zaxodi Ukrajiny ce slovo vykorystovuvalosʹ dlja poznačennja kulemetiv jak vydu ozbrojenʹ.
      Maschinengewehr — in approximate translation — means "War machine", it is a general-purpose German machine gun from the WW2 era. In the west of Ukraine, this word was used for machine guns as a type of weaponry.

Usage notes

Was used primarily in Western parts of Ukraine, in particular by members of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

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