Bürgerwehr

German

Etymology

From Bürger (“citizen”) +‎ Wehr (“army, guard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbʏʁɡɐˌveːɐ̯]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Bür‧ger‧wehr

Noun

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(military, historical) civic guard, civic guards, home guard, home guards, militia
vigilante

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Bürgerwehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Bürgerwehr” in Duden online
“Bürgerwehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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