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Lichtenstein – German airborne radar used for nightfighting, in early UHF-band BC and C-1 versions, and later VHF-band SN-2 and SN-3 versions. Lorenz Schlüsselzusatz – German cipher machine. Lorenz (navigation) – pre-war blind-landing aid used at many airports. Most German bombers had the radio equipment needed to use it. "Los!" – "Go ...
The term Blitzkrieg was originally used in Nazi Germany during World War II, describing a dedicated kind of fast and ferocious attack. Foosball, probably from the German word for football, Fußball, although foosball itself is referred to as Kicker or Tischfußball in German. Fußball is the word for soccer in general.
Herz - heart; herzen - hearts; herzinfarkt - Heart attack; herzlichen glückwunsch - Congratulations; herzustellen - to manufacture; Heuchelei - hypocrisy; heutigen - today; hielt - held; hierzulande - in this country; hilflosen - helpless; hilfreich - helpful; hilfsantrag - request for help; hilft uns - help us; Himbeere - raspberry; Himmel ...
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
The sword Sigurd used to cut out the dragon Fafnir's heart. [51] Poetic Edda: Schrit Middle High German: Schrit: May be based on OHG scrîtan ("to go", "to stride"). [52] One of Biterolf's swords. [52] The sword is forged by the smith Mime . [52] Skofnung: Old Norse: Skǫfnungr: Skǫfnungr was a type of weapon, e.g. skǫfnungs-ǫx (an axe).
The cold water can cause heart attack due to severe vasoconstriction, [2] where the heart has to work harder to pump the same volume of blood throughout the arteries. For people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease , the additional workload can result in myocardial infarction and/or acute heart failure , which ultimately may lead to a ...
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The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...