weiten

Related words

• weitentlegen

  Remote, far-flung

• ausweiten

  To expand

• Anhöhe

  Hill

• Zeughaus

  armory

• Trümmerfrau

  Rubble woman

• Hörweite

  Hearing distance

• Zwischenkriegszeit

  Interwar period

• Stalag

  Stalag

• Zweitspracherwerb

  second language acquisition

• Tragweite

  Significance, scope, implications

• Mäander

  Meander

• Großcousine

  First cousin once removed

• Großcousin

  Second cousin

• Siegeszug

  triumphal march, success story

• Landser

  Soldier (especially in World War II)

• Luftschutzbunker

  Air raid shelter

• Fremdarbeiter

  A foreign worker is a person who comes from abroad to work in a particular country, often under difficult conditions. The term has a negative connotation, especially in connection with forced labor during World War II.

• Flachländer

  Lowlander

• globalisieren

  Globalize

• coventrieren

  To raze a city or area to the ground by massive bombing, as happened to Coventry in World War II.

• nationalsozialistisch

  National Socialist

• nordwestdeutsch

  Northwest German refers to the region in the northwest of Germany.

• vorkonziliar

  Pre-conciliar

• Tommy

  Tommy (British soldier)

• Blitzkrieg

  Blitzkrieg is a military tactic based on rapid, surprising attacks to overwhelm the enemy.

• Faschismus

  Fascism is a political ideology that advocates for an authoritarian, nationalistic, and often racist form of government.

• Platzangst

  Agoraphobia is the fear of wide, open spaces or crowds from which one cannot easily escape.

• Sichtweite

  Visibility

• Stahlhelm

  steel helmet

• Erdalkalimetall

  alkaline earth metal

• Königstiger

  King Tiger

• Raketenpanzerbüchse

  bazooka

• Panzerbüchse

  Anti-tank rifle

• Panzerkampfwagen

  Tank

• Jagdpanzer

  Tank destroyer

• Arbeitseinsatzführer

  Labor deployment leader

• Arbeitsdienstlager

  Labor service camp

• ODESSA

  ODESSA

• Reichweite

  range

• Verdunklung

  Blackout refers to the darkening of windows or light sources to prevent light from escaping, often as a protective measure during a war.

• Nebelwerfer

  rocket launcher

• Geschichtsbuch

  history book

• Uropa

  Great-grandfather

• Afterlehen

  A subinfeudation is a fief that has been passed on by a vassal to a sub-vassal. It is a second-degree fief.

• Babyboom

  Baby boom

• Ersatzspieler

  Substitute player

• Endsieg

  Final victory

Example sentences with “weiten”

1. Der Schneider kann die Hose weiten. (The tailor can widen the trousers.)

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