Anschluss
See also: Anschluß
English
Etymology
From German Anschluss (“annexation”) (formerly Anschluß), from anschließen (“to join, unite”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Anschluss (uncountable)
- (historical) Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938. [from 1920s]
- 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, page 44:
- ‘Some of us students protested against the Anschluss.’
- 2001, Clive James, Even As We Speak:
- 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.
- 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage 2004, page 44:
Translations
the annexation of Austria into Germany in 1938 or an analogy
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German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From anschließen.
Pronunciation
Noun
Anschluss m (strong, genitive Anschlusses, plural Anschlüsse)
Declension
Declension of Anschluss [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Anschluss | die | Anschlüsse |
genitive | eines | des | Anschlusses | der | Anschlüsse |
dative | einem | dem | Anschluss, Anschlusse1 | den | Anschlüssen |
accusative | einen | den | Anschluss | die | Anschlüsse |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Anschluss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Anschluss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Anschluss” in Duden online
- Anschluss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Anschluss.
Pronunciation
Noun
Anschluss m inan
- (historical) Alternative spelling of anszlus
Further reading
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