Landsturm

German

Etymology

Land +‎ Sturm.

Pronunciation
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Noun

Landsturm m (strong, genitive Landsturmes or Landsturms, plural Landstürme)

  1. (historical) Any of the final reserves of the armed forces in Prussia and later Germany, in Austria, or in Switzerland, generally made up of older people, sometimes constituted as a regular portion of the country's armed forces, sometimes irregular.

Declension
Declension of Landsturm [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Landsturm die Landstürme
genitive eines des Landsturmes, Landsturms der Landstürme
dative einem dem Landsturm, Landsturme1 den Landstürmen
accusative einen den Landsturm die Landstürme

1Now rare, see notes.

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