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German
Etymology
From Ost + Front.
Noun
Ostfront f (genitive Ostfront, plural Ostfronten)
- (military) eastern front (a front located to the east of the territory one controls)
- (architecture) eastern front (of a building)
Proper noun
die Ostfront f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ostfront)
- (history, idiomatic) the German eastern front in either of both World Wars (fighting mainly against Russia / the Soviet Union)
- (by extension, usually derogatory) any campaign against the Soviet Union or Russia (e.g. during the Cold War or the Ukraine conflict)
2022 April 29, Wolfgang Koydl, “Der Bundestag schickt deutsche Panzer an die Ostfront – aber der Kanzler verdrückt sich nach Japan”, in Die Weltwoche:In seinem Amtseid verpflichtete sich Olaf Scholz, Schaden vom deutschen Volk abzuwenden. Nichts wäre ein grösserer Schaden als ein Atomkrieg, und vor ihm warnte er, falls Deutschland schwere Waffen an Kiew liefere. Das war vor einer Woche. Nun haben Scholz’ Regierung und die loyale CDU genau dies beschlossen: Deutsche Panzer an die Ostfront.- In his official oath, Olaf Scholz pledged to avert harm from the German people. Nothing would be greater harm than a nuclear war, and this he warned of in case Germany were to send heavy weapons to Ukraine. That was a week ago. Now, Scholz’s government and the loyal CDU have decided to do exactly that: German tanks to the eastern front.
2022 June 30, Sabine Rennefanz, “Das Misstrauen gegen die Grünen im Osten”, in Der Spiegel:Ein Demonstrant hielt ein Plakat hoch, auf dem »Grüne an die Ostfront« stand. Welche Ostfront? Man könnte es wohlwollend als Aufforderung interpretieren, dass die Grünen sich stärker im Osten engagieren sollen. Womöglich war es aber auch anders gemeint.- A demonstrator held a banner saying “ Greens to the eastern front”. What eastern front? It could be interpreted as a well-meaning request for the Greens to campaign more in eastern Germany. But it may have had a different meaning.