Golfkrieg

German

Etymology

From Golf +‎ Krieg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlfˌkʁiːk/

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Proper noun

Golfkrieg m (proper noun, strong, genitive Golfkrieges or Golfkriegs, plural Golfkriege)

1. Gulf War (one of several wars fought in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s)

Usage notes

• The war of 1990/91 is usually referred to in German as Zweiter Golfkrieg (“Second Gulf War”), the Erster Golfkrieg being the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88). This terminology is dated in English.

Declension

Declension of Golfkrieg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Golfkrieg	die	Golfkriege
genitive	eines	des	Golfkrieges, Golfkriegs	der	Golfkriege
dative	einem	dem	Golfkrieg, Golfkriege1	den	Golfkriegen
accusative	einen	den	Golfkrieg	die	Golfkriege

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Erster Golfkrieg
• Zweiter Golfkrieg
• Dritter Golfkrieg
• Golfkriegssyndrom