minenwerfer

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Minenwerfer

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Minenwerfer, from Mine + Werfer (“mortar”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːnənˌvɛːfə/, /ˈmiːnənˌwəːfə/

Noun[edit]

minenwerfer (plural minenwerfers or minenwerfer)

  1. (military, now historical) A type of trench mortar used by German forces especially during the First World War, or the shells fired by such a mortar. [from 20th c.]
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 59:
      Something landed outside that shook the earth. ‘Four hundred twenty or minnenwerfer,’ Gavuzzi said.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=minenwerfer&oldid=75916555"