Abwehr

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abwehr (“defence; counter-intelligence”).

Proper noun

the Abwehr

  1. (historical) The military intelligence service of the German Weimar Republic and Third Reich, from 1920 to 1944 or 1945.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From abwehren.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Abwehr f (genitive Abwehr, plural Abwehren)

  1. defence
    action to stop an attack
    a method or means of defence
  2. repulse
  3. counter-intelligence
  4. rejection

Declension

Declension of Abwehr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Abwehr die Abwehren
genitive einer der Abwehr der Abwehren
dative einer der Abwehr den Abwehren
accusative eine die Abwehr die Abwehren

See also

Proper noun

Abwehr f (proper noun, genitive Abwehr)

  1. the Abwehr

Declension

Declension of Abwehr
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Abwehr
genitive einer der Abwehr
dative einer der Abwehr
accusative eine die Abwehr

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