Polyglot Dictionary

Wehrpflicht

/ˈveːɐ̯ˌpflɪçt/

die noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. conscription

    • Die Wehrpflicht wurde abgeschafft.

      Conscription was abolished.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

leva

leva is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "conscription."

Practice

1 What does Wehrpflicht mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die ___ wurde abgeschafft.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Wehrpflicht?

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