trench warfare

English

Noun

trench warfare (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time.
2. (uncountable, by extension) Fighting of any sort which offers no hope of ending soon.

Translations

warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches

• Danish: skyttegravskrig c
• Dutch: loopgravenoorlog (nl) m
• Finnish: asemasota (fi)
• French: guerre des tranchées (fr) f
• German: Grabenkrieg (de) m, Grabenkampf (de) m
• Icelandic: skotgrafahernaður m
• Polish: wojna pozycyjna f
• Scottish Gaelic: cogadh nan trainnsichean m
• Spanish: guerra de trincheras f
• Swedish: skyttegravskrig n
• Ukrainian: позиці́йна війна́ f (pozycíjna vijná)

fighting of any sort

• German: Grabenkampf (de) m
• Swedish: skyttegravskrig n