Krieg
Americannoun
plural
Kriege,plural
KriegsExample Sentences
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Unlike in American English usage, where war is waged on everything from drugs to poverty, the Germans reserve Krieg for armies fighting armies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
As Prof Andreas Krieg, a Middle East security expert from King's College London, says: "It's worse than starting from scratch - here you aren't starting in the sand, you are starting with rubble."
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Jacob Krieg put the finishing touches on the beatdown with a three-run homer in the eighth inning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
“If you go into the tunnels and you try to free them with special forces, or whatever, you will kill them,” Dr. Krieg said.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024
It is an old cry,— Ja, der Krieg verschlingt die Besten.
From The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau)
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