Panzerfaust

See also: panzerfaust

English

Alternative forms

• panzerfaust

Etymology

From German Panzerfaust.

Noun

Panzerfaust (plural Panzerfausts)

1. A light, single-shot anti-tank grenade launcher developed in Germany in the latter stages of the Second World War.
   • 2014, Leo Barron, Patton at the Battle of the Bulge‎^[1], Penguin, →ISBN:

     Apparently the air raid had caught the Volkssturm soldier in the village as he was transporting a supply of six panzerfausts in a handcart to another unit. Klemment wished he would hand over the panzerfausts to them, because he knew the Americans had tanks, and Klemment's unit had nothing in their arsenal to stop the metal monsters.

Translations

grenade launcher

• Czech: pancéřová pěst f
• Finnish: panssarinyrkki (fi)
• French: Panzerfaust (fr) m
• German: Panzerfaust (de) f
• Japanese: パンツァーファウスト (pantsāfausuto)
• Polish: panzerfaust m, pancerfaust m
• Romanian: Panzerfaust n
• Russian: панцерфа́уст m (pancerfáust)

German

Etymology

From Panzer (“tank, armor”) +‎ Faust (“fist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpantsɐˌfaʊst/

• Audio

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Noun

Panzerfaust f (genitive Panzerfaust, plural Panzerfäuste)

1. (military) Panzerfaust (type of anti-tank grenade launcher developed in WWII, now usually the Panzerfaust 3)
2. (by extension) bazooka, any shoulder-fired anti-tank grenade launcher

   Synonym: Panzerabwehrhandwaffe

Declension

Declension of Panzerfaust [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Panzerfaust	die	Panzerfäuste
genitive	einer	der	Panzerfaust	der	Panzerfäuste
dative	einer	der	Panzerfaust	den	Panzerfäusten
accusative	eine	die	Panzerfaust	die	Panzerfäuste

Further reading

• “Panzerfaust” in Duden online
• “Panzerfaust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Panzerfaust.

Noun

Panzerfaust n (plural Panzerfausturi)

1. Panzerfaust
   • 2015, Andreï Makine, Patria locotenentului Schreiber‎^[2], →ISBN:

     […] tirul unui tun antitanc, obuzul unui Tiger, o bombă lansată de un avion (nemții sunt echipați acum cu Messerschmitt-uri cu reacție) sau un teribil Panzerfaust, aruncătorul de grenade pe care îl poate mânui chiar și un adolescent din Tinerul hitlerist.

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   • 2015, Stephen Badsey, Al Doilea Război Mondial - 09 - Normandia 1944‎^[3], Editura Litera, →ISBN, PĂRȚI COMBATANTE, page 27:

     Și infanteria avea artilerie mai grea, precum Bazooka americană sau Panzerfaustul german, care puteau penetra o turelă de tanc, dar nu aveau o rază de acțiune mai mare de 100 de metri.

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   • 2020, Paul Collier, Al Doilea Razboi Mondial‎^[4], →ISBN:

     Hotărârea lui Jukov de a nu fi depășit de Konev l-a făcut să trimită tancuri în masă, în bătălii de stradă, unde Panzerfausturile au doborât multe dintre ele.

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Declension

Declension of Panzerfaust

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) Panzerfaust	Panzerfaustul	(niște) Panzerfausturi	Panzerfausturile
genitive/dative	(unui) Panzerfaust	Panzerfaustului	(unor) Panzerfausturi	Panzerfausturilor
vocative	Panzerfaustule		Panzerfausturilor