Anschluss
[ ahn-shloos ]
/ ˈɑn ʃlʊs /
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noun
union, especially the political union of Austria with Germany in 1938.
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Origin of Anschluss
1920–25; <German: consolidation, joining together, equivalent to an- on, to + Schluss a closing
Words nearby Anschluss
ansa, Ansaid, Ansar, ansate, Anschauung, Anschluss, Anselm, anserine, anserine bursa, Ansermet, Ansgar
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Example sentences from the Web for Anschluss
Had she likened Russian action in Ukraine to the Nazi Anschluss?
What the D-Day Veteran Told Obama at the 70th Anniversary Commemoration|Christopher Dickey|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEASTAfter the Russian anschluss in Crimea last week, people around the world are asking themselves uneasily: How far will Moscow go?
Putin’s Dream of Empire Doesn’t Stop at Crimea, Or Even Ukraine|Oleg Shynkarenko|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEASTSound or not, Kennedy became ambassador in 1938, the year that Germany marched into Austria to create the Anschluss.
The word "Anschluss" seems hardly to imply so complete a union as was afterwards aimed at by the German party in Vienna.
The Revolutionary Movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany|C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice
British Dictionary definitions for Anschluss
Anschluss
/ (ˈænʃlʊs) /
noun
a political or economic union, esp the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany (1938)
Word Origin for Anschluss
German: from anschliessen to join
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