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Anschluss
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Anschluß
English
Etymology
From en de Anschluss annexation (formerly de Anschluß), from de anschließen to join, unite.
Pronunciation
en /ˈan.ʃlʊs/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Anschluss.wav Southern England
Noun
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en historical Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938. from 1920s
en 1941 w:W Somerset Maugham Up at the Villa 44 Vintage 2004 ‘Some of us students protested against the Anschluss.’
en 11 Dec 88 16 22 Gay Community News 8 John Kyper The 'Truth' Of Male-Dominated Social Science Riane Eisler was born in Vienna in 1931. After the German Anschluss of Austria she fled with her family, first to Cuba and then to the U.S.
en 2001 w:Clive James Even As We Speak Anton Kuh was one of the Viennese coffee-house wits whose mastery of the brief critical essay reached its apotheosis in the last nervous years before the Anschluss.
weekend Mercedes Ruehl 2025-10-25 Lunch with the FT: Sebastian Kurz Life & Arts 3 Not far from where we are sitting is Heldenplatz, where in March 1938 Adolf Hitler addressed a cheering crowd to proclaim the Anschluss—the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany, in defiance of the post-first world war treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain.
Translations
the annexation of Austria into Germany in 1938 or an analogy
Arabic: ar آنْشْلُوس m anšlūs
Belarusian: be аншлю́с m, be а́ншлюс m
Bulgarian: bg а́ншлус m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德奧合併 Dé-Ào hébìng specific to Austria, cmn 合併 hébìng
Czech: cs anšlus m
Danish: da anschluss
Dutch: nl anschluss f
French: fr anschluss m
Georgian: ka ანშლუსი
German: de Anschluss m, de Anschluß m old spelling
Greek: el Προσάρτηση της Αυστρίας f, el Άνσλους n
Hebrew: he אַנְשְׁלוּס m anshlus
Hindi: hi आनश्लुस ānślus
Japanese: ja アンシュルス anshurusu
Macedonian: mk аншлус m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb anschluss
Polish: pl anszlus m, pl Anschluss m
Portuguese: pt Anschluss m
Russian: ru аншлю́с m, ru а́ншлюс m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh а̀ншлӯс m
Latin: sh ànšlūs m
Slovak: sk anšlus m
Swedish: sv anschluss, sv anslutning c
Turkish: tr Anşlüs
Ukrainian: uk аншлю́с m, uk а́ншлюс m
en Historical events Nazism Austria
German
Alternative forms
de Anschluß superseded
Etymology
de :deverbal anschließen
de anschließen.
Pronunciation
de /ˈanʃlʊs/
de De-Anschluss.ogg
de De-Anschluss2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at-Anschluss.ogg Austria
de An schluss
Noun
m,,^e
connection, joining
annexation
de historical Anschluss
contact
Declension
m,,^e
Hyponyms
de Analoganschluss Bahnanschluss Festnetzanschluss Gasanschluss Hausanschluss Hauptanschluss Internetanschluss Kabelanschluss Netzanschluss Nebenanschluss Schlauchanschluss Stromanschluss Telefonanschluss Wasseranschluss
Related terms
de Anschlussbahn Anschlussfinanzierung Anschlussflug Anschlussfrage Anschlusskabel Anschlussmöglichkeit Anschlussrohr Anschlusstor Anschlusstreffer Anschlusszug
Further reading
de
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :ubor de:Anschluss + 1
Pronunciation
anszlus LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Anschluss.wav An.schluss
Proper noun
m-in
pl historical Nazism pl anszlus
Declension
s
Further reading
pl Historical events History of Germany