trench warfare

English

Noun

trench warfare (uncountable)

(uncountable) Warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches and repeatedly fire at one another; usually involving high casualty rates over a long period of time.
(uncountable, by extension) Fighting of any sort which offers no hope of ending soon.

Translations

warfare in which opposing sides occupy trenches

Danish: skyttegravskrig c
Dutch: loopgravenoorlog (nl) m
Finnish: asemasota (fi)
French: guerre des tranchées (fr) f
German: Grabenkrieg (de) m, Grabenkampf (de) m
Icelandic: skotgrafahernaður m
Polish: wojna pozycyjna f
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh nan trainnsichean m
Spanish: guerra de trincheras f
Swedish: skyttegravskrig n
Ukrainian: позиці́йна війна́ f (pozycíjna vijná)

fighting of any sort

German: Grabenkampf (de) m
Swedish: skyttegravskrig n

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