Scharnhorst is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Scharnhorst in a sentence
Scharnhorst meaning
- Several locations in northern Germany.
- A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.
- Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.
Using Scharnhorst
- The main meaning on this page is: Several locations in northern Germany. | A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist. | Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.
- In the example corpus, scharnhorst often appears in combinations such as: the scharnhorst, scharnhorst class, scharnhorst and.
Context around Scharnhorst
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scharnhorst
- In this selection, "scharnhorst" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, battlecruisers, raid, 1942, class, joined and effect stand out and add context to how "scharnhorst" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include air raid scharnhorst joined other and february 1942 scharnhorst gneisenau and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scharnhorst" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scharnhorst
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In February 1942, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen moved from Brest back to Germany in the " Channel Dash ". (18 words)
The German battleship Scharnhorst was one capital ship sunk while trying to attack an allied convoy in 1943. (18 words)
Like an outlaw continually outwitting justice, the Scharnhorst was a notoriously “lucky” battleship, weathering numerous attacks by British bombers. (19 words)
Heavily damaged in a July 1941 air-raid, Scharnhorst joined other German capital ships five months later in the notorious “Channel Dash” that was staged under the nose of Britain’s coastal defense, though she struck two mines in the process. (41 words)
A recent analysis citation argued that the Scharnhorst effect cannot be used to send information backwards in time with a single set of plates since the plates' rest frame would define a "preferred frame" for FTL signalling. (37 words)
On June 8, 1940, the HMS Glorious, along with its two escort destroyers, encountered the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea, leading to one of World War II's most controversial naval battles. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
On June 8, 1940, the HMS Glorious, along with its two escort destroyers, encountered the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea, leading to one of World War II's most controversial naval battles.
The Scharnhorst class would abide by the basic restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, displacing thirty-one thousand tons, carrying nine eleven-inch guns in three triple turrets, and making thirty-two knots.
Heavily damaged in a July 1941 air-raid, Scharnhorst joined other German capital ships five months later in the notorious “Channel Dash” that was staged under the nose of Britain’s coastal defense, though she struck two mines in the process.
Like an outlaw continually outwitting justice, the Scharnhorst was a notoriously “lucky” battleship, weathering numerous attacks by British bombers.
The brand-new Strasbourg and Dunkerque were deliberately designed to be more powerful than the German battle cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.
The German squadron suffered catastrophic losses and the two British Invincible-Class ships sunk the Scharnhorst, her entire crew and three more ships.
A recent analysis citation argued that the Scharnhorst effect cannot be used to send information backwards in time with a single set of plates since the plates' rest frame would define a "preferred frame" for FTL signalling.
However, such ideas as Clausewitz and Lilienstern shared in common derived from a common influence, i.e., Scharnhorst, who was Clausewitz's "second father" and professional mentor.
In February 1942, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen moved from Brest back to Germany in the " Channel Dash ".
In January 1941, the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sent on a successful commerce raiding mission in the Atlantic.
Scharnhorst class, and rumored Japanese "super cruisers", all of which carried guns larger than the standard heavy cruiser's 8-inch size dictated by naval treaty limitations, the Alaskas were intended to be "cruiser-killers".
The German battleship Scharnhorst was one capital ship sunk while trying to attack an allied convoy in 1943.
While they broadly resembled the German Scharnhorst class and had the same main battery, they would have been more lightly armoured and only protected against eight-inch gunfire.
Common combinations with scharnhorst
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: