luftwaffe
/ˈlʊftvafə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The German air force, especially during the Second World War.
Example Sentences
- "Politicians insist that lockdown under coronavirus is like the experience of wartime. It’s not – except in one way, which I’ll come to. It’s so quiet, for one thing. War is noisy. Sirens, soldiers tramping past singing, Luftwaffe engines in the night sky."
- "Owing to its location at the entrance to the River Tyne, South Shields was of strategic importance in the Second World War, especially to the merchant navy, and the town was heavily hit by a Luftwaffe strike in October 1941."
Etymology
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.