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Meaning of "feldgrau" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FELDGRAU

feldgrau  [ˈfeltˌɡraʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FELDGRAU

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feldgrau is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FELDGRAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

feldgrau

Shades of green

Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.

Definition of feldgrau in the English dictionary

The definition of feldgrau in the dictionary is a German word meaning field-grey, used as a name for German soldiers in the Second World War, who wore uniforms of this colour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FELDGRAU


arow
əˈraʊ
Arrau
əˈraʊ
brow
braʊ
drow
draʊ
eyebrow
ˈaɪˌbraʊ
Frau
fraʊ
gherao
ɡɛˈraʊ
hausfrau
ˈhaʊsˌfraʊ
highbrow
ˈhaɪˌbraʊ
lowbrow
ˈləʊˌbraʊ
middlebrow
ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ
monobrow
ˈmɒnəʊˌbraʊ
overbrow
ˌəʊvəˈbraʊ
prau
praʊ
prow
praʊ
tamarao
ˈtæməˌraʊ
tamarau
ˈtæməˌraʊ
Tarau
ˈtɑːraʊ
unibrow
ˈjuːnɪˌbraʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FELDGRAU

felafel
Feldenkrais method
feldschar
feldscher
feldsher
feldspar
feldspathic
feldspathoid
feldspathose
felicia
felicific
felicitate
felicitation
felicitations
felicitator
felicities
felicitous
felicitously
felicitousness
felicity

WORDS THAT END LIKE FELDGRAU

Aarau
au
beau
Bissau
bureau
cadeau
chateau
Cocteau
Dessau
Drau
Guinea-Bissau
Jungfrau
kanga pirau
nouveau
Palau
Pau
plateau
tau
Tokelau
Zwickau

Synonyms and antonyms of feldgrau in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feldgrau» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FELDGRAU

Find out the translation of feldgrau to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feldgrau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feldgrau» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

feldgrau
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feldgrau
570 millions of speakers

English

feldgrau
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

feldgrau
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feldgrau
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

feldgrau
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feldgrau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

feldgrau
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feldgrau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feldgrau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feldgrau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

feldgrau
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

feldgrau
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feldgrau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

feldgrau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

feldgrau
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेलग्राऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

feldgrau
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

feldgrau
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feldgrau
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

feldgrau
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feldgrau
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

feldgrau
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feldgrau
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feldgrau
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feldgrau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feldgrau

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FELDGRAU»

The term «feldgrau» is regularly used and occupies the 93.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FELDGRAU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feldgrau» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feldgrau» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feldgrau

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FELDGRAU»

Discover the use of feldgrau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feldgrau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Feldgrau 1915-16:
This volume combines three period volumes and each is illustrated in color and refer only to the 1915 wartime and peacetime uniforms: 1. Deutchlands Armee in feldgrauer Kriegs-und-Friedens-Uniform; 2.
Charles Woolley, 2011
2
The German Army 1939-45 (2): North Africa & Balkans
The Ml 935 feldgrau officers' field greatcoat had a bluish dark-green facing-cloth collar. General-officers left the top two buttons open to show bright-red facing- cloth lapel-linings. From 9 May 1940 the bluish-dark-green collar was to be ...
Nigel Thomas, 2012
3
The German Army 1939-45 (3): Eastern Front 1941-43
These were the feldgrau tube-shaped woollen balaclava; extra-thick woollen underwear; the Ml 936 round-neck or V-neck grey-white woollen sweater, introduced 15 March 1936 and replaced by the M1942 high turtle-neck sweater; feldgrau ...
Nigel Thomas, 2012
4
German military transport of World War Two
Spielberger, W. J., 'Die Personenkraftwagen des Deutschen Heeres, 1899-1945', (three parts), Feldgrau, Nos. 1, 2, 3, February, April and June 1965. Spielberger, W. J., 'Die 3t. Lkw Baureihe in Rahmen des Schell-Programmes 1938-1945', ...
John Milsom, 1975
5
Cross & Cockade Journal
Niemann first pointed out that my opening paragraph was in error in that ground crew running out to service the aircraft would not be in feldgrau which was, after all, the dress uniform, but rather in black linen work clothing, the drillidh Anzug, ...
6
Collection of poetry on the European war, 1914-1918
Feldgrau Sie kamen nachts noch ins Gefecht. So wie fie ausgeladen find. Weiß keiner Name und Gefchlecht. Sah keine Mutter mehr ihr Kind Feldgrau. Am andern Tag. fie lagen zu Hanf. Zu Haus der Schreiber die Lifien las. Der Wald war uns.
7
Hitler and his generals: military conferences 1942-1945 : ...
Jiirgens, Hans, Die Flakartillerie von 1935-1945, in: Feldgrau, 1. Jg. (1953) u. 2. Jg. (1954) Jugoslawien, Osteuropa-Handbuch, Koln u. Graz 1954 Kaiser, Hans, K, Vom "Wasserfall" zum "Feuervogel," in: Der Frontsoldat erzählt, 19. Jg. (1955)  ...
Adolf Hitler, Helmut Heiber, David M. Glantz, 2003
8
Soldiers Lost at Sea: A Chronicle of Troopship Disasters
Pipes, A Memorial to the Wilhelm Gustloff: http://www.feldgrau.com/wilhelm- gustloff.html. 203. Ibid. 204. Ibid. 205. Ibid. 206. Williams, Wartime Disasters at Sea, 221 . 207. Letter of Oberbootmannmaat Karl Hoffman, survivor of the Gustloff, The ...
James E. Wise, Jr., Scott Baron, 2004
9
Daring Missions of World War II
Throughout the day, the GIs observed German activities and spotted several artillery and machine-gun positions. Despite the tenseness of the situation, McIlwain realized that he was enjoying spying on the unsuspecting Feldgrau from right in ...
William B. Breuer, 2002
10
Tiger 1 Heavy Tank 1942-45
2. Verdenskrig. Beskrivelse af den tyske tunge kampvogn "Tiger I" med illustrationer og tekniske tegninger.
Tom Jentz, Hilary Doyle, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FELDGRAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feldgrau is used in the context of the following news items.
1
We need to rethink dying
feldgrau 5ptsFeatured Jan 3, 2015. Quality of life is important. However, it is also an individual's choice and all too often a family's choice ... «CNN, Jan 15»
2
Police find boy four years after being reported missing
comment author avatar feldgrau Nov 29, 2014. Poor lad will need psychotherapy after all his experiences. So glad he was finally found. > ... «MSNBC, Nov 14»
3
Why No One Used Camouflage Until WWI
... French regiments still marched to battle in 1914 with the famous pantalon rouge, which cost them dearly against the feldgrau-clad Germans). «Gizmodo, Sep 14»
4
The Battle of Mons: The long British retreat was a heroic stand
The change of tactics, the heaviness of the artillery shelling and the sheer number of men in feldgrau, or field grey, began to put the British line, ... «Express.co.uk, Aug 14»
5
The great evil of our time
Yes, it was called 'feldgrau' because even the Nazis couldn't bring themselves to use the word beige. So all this beige propaganda about being ... «The Edinburgh Journal, Mar 13»
6
Camo Green Plasti Dip S4 - Matte Army Green Olive Drab
Congratulations, you've created Feldgrau II (No 2 : ) - Sanded before painting?! finishing with matte clear lacquer? Read more Show less. «YouTube, Dec 12»
7
Aleksanyan Wins Bronze Medal for Armenia at Olympics
There is a famous June 6, 1944 picture of “Six Grim Mongolians” wearing Feldgrau as Allied prisoners. 3. The German, Soviet, etc. Empire ... «Armenian Weekly, Aug 12»
8
Black and White, Coliseum, London
This he did, the company always playing to what a friend recalls as “a sea of feldgrau uniforms” in the stalls of the Palais Garnier – there were ... «Financial Times, Mar 11»
9
Le chant des partisans (Paroles)
AVEC LES ALLEMANDS J' EN AI ENTENDU UNE BONNE les blousons et les cuir de moto ont remplacé l' uniforme feldgrau les queue de ... «YouTube, Mar 08»
10
Der leise Tod des letzten Veteranen
Wie das alles damals wirklich war, in Feldgrau in jenem infernalischen Krieg zu dienen, der dem ganzen 20. Jahrhundert seinen Stempel ... «Spiegel Online, Jan 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Feldgrau [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/feldgrau>. Apr 2024 ».
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