As a German, I don't see the point of this. Luftwaffe literally means air weapon. This is like saying there shouldn't be a US army because 'army' is the name the confederation used for it's forces. It's not like Germany has a Schutzstaffel any more.

I would much rather have had denazification, but of course neither happened so...yay?

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

You could use a synonym like Luftstreitkräfte (or Luftstreitkraft, German Wikipedia seems to use both singular and plural and it's clear to me which one is correct) like the other comment suggests. To me, it just seems weird to still use the same terms as the Nazis, but it makes sense considering the whole ”no denazification” thing, I guess.

there shouldn't be a US army

I agree.

anakin-padme-2 You just mean the word army, right?

anakin-padme-3

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I-was-saying there shouldn't be a US army

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

In GDR it was Luftstreitkräfte, for example.

[–] Mister_Bennet@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So in English it would the German Airforce. Not the German Luftwaffe.

Would be like calling it the French Armée de l'Air.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, pretty much. No reason to refer to it as such.

[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Well, one of the quirks of the German language is that every noun is a proper noun in a way, since you should capitalize the first letter of every noun. I'm sure that plays a part in why people think it is an actual proper name instead of just a noun.