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 Translation for 'war' from English to Swedish
NOUN1   a war | wars
NOUN2   war | -
VERB   to war | warred | warred
warring | wars
SYNO state of war | war | warfare
krig {n}war
2 Words
krigsliknande {adj} [oböjl.]war-like
hist.
häststridsvagn {u}
(war) chariot
krigsskadestånd {n}(war) reparations {pl}
mil.pol.
inbördeskrig {n}
civil war
hist.mil.
kolonialkrig {n}
colonial war
mil.pol.
befrielsekrig {n}
liberation war
ekon.handel
priskrig {n}
price war
handelpol.
handelskrig {n}
trade war
hist.mil.
Vietnamkriget {n} [best. f.]
Vietnam War
krigsförbrytelse {u}war crime
krigsförbrytare {u}war criminal
film
krigsfilm {u}
war film
krigshjälte {u}war hero
film
krigsfilm {u}
war movie [esp. Am.]
världskrig {n}world war
3 Words
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]post-war era
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]post-war period
hist.
efterkrigstiden {u} [best. f.]
post-war years {pl}
mil.
anfallskrig {n}
war of aggression
mil.pol.
befrielsekrig {n}
war of liberation
Fiction (Literature and Film)
litt.F
Kriget vid världens ände [Mario Vargas Llosa]
The War of the End of the World
filmlitt.F
Krig och fred
War and Peace [novel: Leo Tolstoy, film: King Vidor]
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Usage Examples English
  • A war song is a musical composition that relates to war, or a society's attitudes towards war. They may be pro-war, anti-war, or simply a description of everyday life during war times.
  • In the post war period, the shipyard modified World War II ships for Cold War (1945–1991) service through Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM).
  • The Hotton War Cemetery is home to British World War II war dead.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has records of 11,023 known South African war dead during World War II.
  • Italian war crimes have mainly been associated with Fascist Italy in the Pacification of Libya, the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II.

  • During Second World War, Finland fought three wars: the Winter War, the Continuation War and the Lapland War.
  • In the years after World War II, that war was added to the inscription, along with the Korean War and Vietnam War.
  • Chanakya uses different terms to describe war other than dharma-yuddha (just war), such as kutayudhha (unjust war).
  • Herbert served in four wars: World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the first Gulf War. On retirement his rank was Lt. Col. (Green Berets).
  • The cemetery has five Commonwealth service war graves, four from World War I and one from World War II.

  • The War Memorial House (more generally known as Barrax), which is a residence, and War Memorial Gymnasium The War Memorial House is dedicated to the war dead from Acadia University during the Second World War.
  • Robert Ivanovich Brichenok ([...] 17 January – 5 February 1972) was a Soviet artillery lieutenant general. He took part in World War I, Russian Civil war, Winter war and World War II.
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