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Luft⋅waf⋅fe

  [looft-vahf-uh]
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–noun German.
air force.
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Luft·waf·fe   (lŏŏft'väf'ə)   
n.  The German air force before and during World War II.

[German : Luft, air (from Middle High German, from Old High German) + Waffe, weapon (from Middle High German wāfen, from Old High German waffan).]
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Luftwaffe [(looft-vah-fuh)]

The German air force in World War II. (See blitzkrieg and Battle of Britain.)

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Luftwaffe 
Ger. air force in World War II, 1935, from Ger., lit. "air-weapon," from Luft (see loft).
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