Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anschluss

/ˈan.ʃlʊs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: an-schluss
IPA: /ˈan.ʃlʊs/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"‘Some of us students protested against the Anschluss.’"
"Riane Eisler was born in Vienna in 1931. After the German Anschluss of Austria she fled with her family, first to Cuba and then to the U.S."
"Anton Kuh […] was one of the Viennese coffee-house wits whose mastery of the brief critical essay reached its apotheosis in the last nervous years before the Anschluss."
"Not far from where we are sitting is Heldenplatz, where in March 1938 Adolf Hitler addressed a cheering crowd to proclaim the Anschluss—the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, in defiance of the post-first world war treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain."

Etymology

From German Anschluss (“annexation”) (formerly Anschluß), from anschließen (“to join, unite”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Anschluss

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈan.ʃlʊs/

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce anschluss?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈan.ʃlʊs/.
What does anschluss mean?: Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938.
Where does anschluss come from?: It is traced to German.

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